כָּרִי
kârîy · kaw-ree'
a life-guardsman
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 (כַּר) in the sense of leader (of the flock);
a life-guardsman
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captains, Cherethites (from the margin).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › the hand that works
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּרִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was over the cherethites1 · 33%
- with the captains1 · 33%
- and the captains1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.