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H3746 כָּרִי (kârîy) kaw-ree'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

perhaps an abridged plural of 3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman

KJV Usage: captains, Cherethites (from the margin)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּרִי (ka.ri) — Carite. A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19; Group of ke.re.ti (כְּרֵתִי "Cherethite" H3774H) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj

Names of Groups

Carite = member of royal guard, sometimes identified with Cherethites; ► time of queen Athaliah and high-priest Jehoiada

2KI 11:4 · 2KI 11:19

1 2SA 20:23 MT-K הכרי | MT-Q הַכְּרֵתִי

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כָּרִי adj.gent. prob. = Carian, only c. art. as subst. coll. Carians, name given to foreign body-guard of king base

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