Kari כָּרִי
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| כָּרִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kari |
| Strong's number | H3746 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | Carite |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Kari (Hebrew כָּרִי, Strong's H3746) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Carite”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19;
Group of ke.re.ti (כְּרֵתִי "Cherethite" H3774H)
a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
Group of ke.re.ti (כְּרֵתִי "Cherethite" H3774H)
a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | captains (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | carites (2), cherethites (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kari, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 11:4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
- 2 Kings 11:19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).