The meaning of “כָּרִי”
Understanding kârîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
captains, Cherethites (from the margin). - a life-guardsman 1) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodygu...
כָּרִי
captains, Cherethites (from the margin). - a life-guardsman 1) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings 11:4 | “And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.” Word: כָּרִי (kârîy) | |
| 2 Kings 11:19 | “And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, 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. And he sat on the throne of the kings.” Word: כָּרִי (kârîy) |