Quick Definition
Cherethite
Biblical Persons & Places
Cherethite
People from Chereth(?)
A person from Chereth(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.30.14;
only referred to as Cherethites (כְּרֵתִי).
Cherethite
A military group in the Old Testament
A group of warriors, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18;
referred to as Cherethite (כְּרֵתִי), or Carite or Cherethite (=Qere. Ketiv= Carian, NIV= Kerethite) (כָּרִי).
Strong's Definition
a Kerethite or life-guardsman
Derivation: probably from H3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876 (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural)
KJV Usage: Cherethims, Cherethites.
Outline of Biblical Usage
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)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כְּרֵתִי
kerêthý̂y
BDB Definition:
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)
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner
Total KJV Occurrences: 9