Strongs Number: H3746
- Hebrew Word
- כָּרִי
- Transliteration
- kârîy
- Phonetic
- kaw-ree'
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Strongs Definition
-
a life guardsman
- BDB Definition
-
1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
- Origin
- Perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock)
- Bible Usage
- {captains} Cherethites [from the margin].