Know the Word.

Hebrew word

Kᵉrêthîy

ker-ay-thee'

כְּרֵתִי

What it means

a Kerethite or life-guardsman

Where it comes from

probably from kârath (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare ṭabbâch (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural)

How the King James translates it

  • cherethites9
  • cherethims1

Every place it appears 10

1 Samuel30:14
1 Kings1:381:44
1 Chronicles18:17
Ezekiel25:16
Zephaniah2:5
Kᵉrêthîy — Hebrew word meaning “a Kerethite or life-guardsman”