Word Study · Strong's H3774 · Hebrew
כְּרֵתִי
Kerethi
ker-ay-thee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kᵉrêthîy
“a Kerethite or life-guardsman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Kerethite or life-guardsman
Rendered in the KJV as
Cherethims, Cherethites.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַכְּרֵתִ֖י3
- וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י2
- כְּרֵתִ֑ים2
- הַכְּרֵתִ֛י1
- וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥י1
- וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- and the Kerethite[s]4
- the Kerethite[s]4
- [the] Kerethites2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)4
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)4
- gentilic noun (a people)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ngmsa · 4
- HTd/Ngmsa · 4
- HNgmpa · 2
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel4 of 10 · 40%
- 1 Kings2 of 10 · 20%
- 1 Samuel1 of 10 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 10 · 10%
- Ezekiel1 of 10 · 10%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:18וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יvehakereticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.here: and the Kerethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 15:18הַכְּרֵתִ֖יhakeretithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.here: the Kerethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 20:7וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥יvehakereticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So 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.here: and the Kerethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 20:23הַכְּרֵתִ֖יhakerithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;here: the Kerethite[s]
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:38וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙vehakereticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then 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.here: and the Kerethite[s]
- 1 Kings 1:44וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יvehakereticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And 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.here: and the Kerethite[s]