כְּרֵתִי (ke.re.ti) means “Cherethite” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ker-ay-thee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כְּרֵתִי · ke.re.ti · Cherethite
Someone descended from Chereth(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.30.14 § 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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כְּרֵתִי · ke.re.ti · Cherethite
A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19; Also named: ka.ri (כָּרִי "Carite" H3746) § 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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probably from H3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876 (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural) a Kerethite or life-guardsman
KJV glosses: Cherethims, Cherethites.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the cherethites | 4 |
| along with the cherethites | 3 |
| of the cherethites | 2 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and the cherethites | 3 |
| of the cherethites | 2 |
| over the cherethites | 2 |
| both the cherethites | 1 |
| him and all the cherethites | 1 |
| the cherethims | 1 |
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We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Read word by wordBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
Read word by wordand all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
Read word by wordSo Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
Read word by wordNow Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
Read word by wordThen Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
Read word by wordtherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
Read word by wordWoe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
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