כְּרֵתִי
ke.re.ti
Someone descended from Chereth(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.30.14
§ Cherethites = "executioners"
1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
2. either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)
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Concordance 9 verses
- 1 Samuel 30:14 הַכְּרֵתִ֛י
We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
- 2 Samuel 8:18 וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 15:18 הַכְּרֵתִ֖י
and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
- 2 Samuel 20:7 וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥י
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.
- 1 Kings 1:38 וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙
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.
- 1 Kings 1:44 וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י
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.
- 1 Chronicles 18:17 הַכְּרֵתִ֖י
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- Ezekiel 25:16 כְּרֵתִ֑ים
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
- Zephaniah 2:5 כְּרֵתִ֑ים
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”