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HebrewH3774Noun

כְּרֵתִי

ke.re.ti

10Occurrences
H3774Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Kerethite or life-guardsman

probably from H3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876 (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Chereth(?), first mentioned at § 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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--TG

Full Description

N:N--TG

Occurrences

כְּרֵתִי appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
4
1 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Samuel
1
Ezk
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 18:17BSB

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

1 Kings 1:44BSB

And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.

2 Samuel 15:18BSB

and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

2 Samuel 20:23BSB

Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

Ezk 25:16BSB

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