כְּרֵתִי
Kᵉrêthîy · ker-ay-thee'
a Kerethite or life-guardsman
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876 (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural)
a Kerethite or 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: Cherethims, Cherethites.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּרֵתִי 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the cherethites3 · 30%
- of the cherethites2 · 20%
- was over the cherethites2 · 20%
- was over both the cherethites1 · 10%
- him; and all the cherethites1 · 10%
- the cherethims1 · 10%
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.