Strong H37742 sensesכְּרֵתִי

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H3774

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3774 appears in 10 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Member of Philistine tribe serving as royal guardH3774H7 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles
2. Philistine tribe, often serving as royal guardH3774G3 verses · 1 Samuel, Ezekiel, Zephaniah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• cherethites9
• cherethims1

First verses

1. 1 Samuel 30:14
   We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
2. 2 Samuel 8:18
   And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
3. 2 Samuel 15:18
   And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
4. 2 Samuel 20:7
   And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
5. 2 Samuel 20:23
   Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
6. 1 Kings 1:38
   So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
7. 1 Kings 1:44
   And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
8. 1 Chronicles 18:17
   And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
9. Ezekiel 25:16
   Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
10. Zephaniah 2:5
    Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.