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Lexicon :: Strong's H3746 - kārî

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כָּרִי
Transliteration
kārî
Pronunciation
kaw-ree'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps an abridged plural of כַּר (H3733) in the sense of leader (of the flock)
Strong’s Definitions

כָּרִי kârîy, kaw-ree'; perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman:—captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3746 in the following manner: captain (2x), variant for Cherethites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3746 in the following manner: captain (2x), variant for Cherethites (1x).

  1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרִי kârîy, kaw-ree'; perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman:—captains, Cherethites (from the margin).
STRONGS H3746: Abbreviations
† כָּרִי adjective, of a people probably = Carian, only with article as substantive collective Carians, name given to foreign body-guard of king (compare RSOTJC 249, 2d ed. 262) לַכָּרִי וְלָרָצִים 2 Kings 11:4 compare 2 Kings 11:19; הכרי 2 Samuel 20:23 Kt (< Qr הַכְּרֵתִי which We Dr Bu prefer).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

20:23

2 Kings

11:4; 11:19

H3746

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Strong's Number H3746 matches the Hebrew כָּרִי (kārî),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Yo'av was over all the host of Yisra'el; and Benayah the son of Yehoiada was over the Kereti and over the Peleti;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year Yehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Kari and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shown them the king's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - He took the captains over hundreds, and the Kari, 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. He sat on the throne of the kings.
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