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Lexicon :: Strong's H3746 - kārî

Aa
כָּרִי
Transliteration
kārî
Pronunciation
kaw-ree'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps an abridged plural of כַּר (H3733) in the sense of leader (of the flock)
Strong’s Definitions

כָּרִי kârîy, kaw-ree'; perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman:—captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3746 in the following manner: captain (2x), variant for Cherethites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3746 in the following manner: captain (2x), variant for Cherethites (1x).

  1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרִי kârîy, kaw-ree'; perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman:—captains, Cherethites (from the margin).
STRONGS H3746: Abbreviations
† כָּרִי adjective, of a people probably = Carian, only with article as substantive collective Carians, name given to foreign body-guard of king (compare RSOTJC 249, 2d ed. 262) לַכָּרִי וְלָרָצִים 2 Kings 11:4 compare 2 Kings 11:19; הכרי 2 Samuel 20:23 Kt (< Qr הַכְּרֵתִי which We Dr Bu prefer).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

20:23

2 Kings

11:4; 11:19

H3746

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3746 matches the Hebrew כָּרִי (kārî),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now Joab was [commander] over the entire army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [commander] over the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards];

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Now in the seventh year Jehoiada [the priest, Jehosheba’s husband] sent for the captains of hundreds of the [fn]Carites and of the guard and brought them to him to the house of the LORD. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s [hidden] son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - Then he took the captains of hundreds, the Carites (royal bodyguards), the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought the [young] king down from the house of the LORD, and came by way of the guards’ gate to the king’s house. And [little] Joash sat on the throne of the kings.
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