Strong's Hebrew · H3746
H3746 kârîy
כָּרִי
kaw-ree'
Carite
Looking for Greek G3746 hósper? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3746. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
kârîy appears 3 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Kings 11:4 and 2 Kings 11:19. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a life-guardsman
In the King James Version
captains, Cherethites (from the margin).
Derivation
perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 (כַּר) in the sense of leader (of the flock);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son”
“He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,”
“Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
