כְּרֵתִי

ke.re.ti

Cherethite

Strong’s H3774Proper name10 times in the Hebrew Bible

kerethites8

the kerethites2

In the text

1 Samuel 30:14הַכְּרֵתִי
We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
2 Samuel 8:18וְהַכְּרֵתִי
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
1 Kings 1:38וְהַכְּרֵתִי
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 Chronicles 18:17הַכְּרֵתִי
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
Ezekiel 25:16כְּרֵתִים
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 2:5כְּרֵתִים
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.”

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

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.