H3774 — כְּרֵתִי (Kᵉrêthîy)
Strong's H3774 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: כְּרֵתִי (Kᵉrêthîy)
Pronunciation: ker-ay-thee'
Morphology: a
Name Meaning: Cherethites = "executioners"
Derivation: probably from כָּרַת (kârath) [H3772] in the sense of executioner; (compare טַבָּח (ṭabbâch) [H2876]) (only collectively in the singular as plural)
Definition: a Kerethite or life-guardsman
KJV Renderings: Cherethims, Cherethites.
Senses
- a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
- either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2876 | טַבָּח | ṭabbâch | from טָבַח (ṭâbach) H2873 | properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) | cook, guard |
| H3772 | כָּרַת | kârath | a primitive root | to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) | be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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