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Lexicon :: Strong's H3774 - kᵊrēṯî

Aa
כְּרֵתִי
Transliteration
kᵊrēṯî
Pronunciation
ker-ay-thee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from כָּרַת (H3772) in the sense of executioner
Strong’s Definitions

כְּרֵתִי Kᵉrêthîy, ker-ay-thee'; probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876) (only collectively in the singular as plural) a Kerethite or life-guardsman:—Cherethims, Cherethites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H3774 in the following manner: Cherethites (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H3774 in the following manner: Cherethites (10x).

  1. Cherethites = "executioners"

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

    2. either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּרֵתִי Kᵉrêthîy, ker-ay-thee'; probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876) (only collectively in the singular as plural) a Kerethite or life-guardsman:—Cherethims, Cherethites.
STRONGS H3774: Abbreviations
† כְרֵתִי adjective, of a people, always with article, or plural, as substantive, Kerethites, a name for Philistines or a part of them (perhaps = Cretans, compare Greek Version of the LXX Zephaniah 2:5; Ezekiel 25:15; on Crete as original home of Philistines, see כַּפְתֹּר, פְּלִשְׁתִּי); — הַכְּרֵתִי = substantive collective; — נֶגֶב הַכּ׳ 1 Samuel 30:14 (compare Dr; Greek Version of the LXX B Χολθει, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Χορρι A Χερηθει); of soldiers of David's guard, וְהַפְּלֵתִי הַכּ׳ הַכּ 2 Samuel 8:18 (read עַלהַֿכּ׳ Th We Dr and others) = 1 Chronicles 18:17; 2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 20:7 + 2 Samuel 20:23 Qr (> Kt הכרי), 1 Kings 1:38, 44 (Greek Version of the LXX Χελεθθει, Χερεθθει, etc.); plural כְּרֵתִים Ezekiel 25:16 (|| פְּלִשְׁתִּים; Greek Version of the LXX. Κρῆτας); גּוֺי כְּרֵתִים Zephaniah 2:5 (Greek Version of the LXX Κρητῶν; || ארץ פלשׁתים): in Zephaniah 2:6 We reads כֶּרֶת = Philistia (see H3741 [כָרָה], below I. כרה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

30:14

2 Samuel

8:18; 15:18; 20:7; 20:23

1 Kings

1:38; 1:44

1 Chronicles

18:17

Ezekiel

25:15; 25:16

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:5; 2:6

H3774

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Strong's Number H3774 matches the Hebrew כְּרֵתִי (kᵊrēṯî),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made an attack on the south part of the country of the Cherethites, and on the land which is Judah's, and on the south of Caleb; and we put Ziklag on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18 - And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - And all the people went on by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the men of Ittai of Gath, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, went on before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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 put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - The Lord has said, See, my hand will be stretched out against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and sending destruction on the rest of the sea-land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Sorrow to the people living by the sea, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will send destruction on you till there is no one living in you.
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