# H3774 כְּרֵתִי

כְּרֵתִי (Kᵉrêthîy), Strong’s H3774: a Kerethite or life-guardsman KJV: Cherethims, Cherethites.. Occurs 8 times.

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*Kᵉrêthîy* — a Kerethite or life-guardsman

KJV: Cherethims, Cherethites.

Derived from [כָּרַת kârath](https://besorah.bible/word/H3772) (to cut)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- כְּרֵתִי adj.gent., always c. art., or pl., as subst., Kerethites, a name for Philistines or a part of them (perhaps = Cretans)

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 30:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/30?v=14) — We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we…
- [2 Samuel 8:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=18) — Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- [2 Samuel 15:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=18) — All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six…
- [2 Samuel 20:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=7) — Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of…
- [1 Kings 1:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=44) — The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and…
- [Ezekiel 25:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/25?v=16) — therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the…
- [Zephaniah 2:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/2?v=5) — Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the…
- [1 Chronicles 18:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/18?v=17) — and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials…