H3774 - כְּרֵתִי (Kᵉrêthîy)

H3774 כְּרֵתִי (Kᵉrêthîy) ker-ay-thee'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

probably from 3772 in the sense of executioner; a Kerethite or life-guardsman (compare 2876) (only collectively in the singular as plural)

KJV Usage: Cherethims, Cherethites

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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)

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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כְּרֵתִי (H3774)

adj

Names of Groups | ≈ פְּלִשְׁתִּי

Cherethite = member of ethnic group; ► possibly another name for Philistine

1SA 30:14 · EZK 25:16 · ZEP 2:5

Names of Groups

Collocation: הַכְּרֵתִי וְהַפְּלֵתִי

Cherethite literally: Cherethite and Pelethite; hence: = David's royal guard, which probably consisted of foreign (possibly Philistine) mercenaries

2SA 8:18 · 2SA 15:18 · 2SA 20:7 · 2SA 20:23 · 1KI 1:38 · 1KI 1:44 · 1CH 18:17

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

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרֵתִי adj.gent., always c. art., or pl., as subst., Kerethites, a name for Philistines or a part of them (perhaps = Cretans) base