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Strong H3774H3774Hכְּרֵתִי

Cherethite

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3774

Transliteration
kerêthîy
Pronunciation
ker-ay-thee'
Morphology
Proper Name of some kind in Gentilic sense

Definition

A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19;
Also named: ka.ri (כָּרִי "Carite" H3746)

Meaning of the name

Cherethites = "executioners"

General definition

Probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; a Kerethite or life guardsman (compare {H3876 }) (only collectively in the singular as plural): - {Cherethims} Cherethites.

In the biblical story

Cherethite

Member of Philistine tribe serving as royal guard

The Cherethites were a Philistine tribe that served as royal guards for Israelite kings. (2Sa.8.18; 15.18; 20.7; 1Ki.1.38,44; 1Ch.18.17; Ki.11.4; 2Ki.11.19; 2Sa.20.23)

In the Bible

Strong H3774H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cherethites7

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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:
  5. 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.
  6. 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:
  7. 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.
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