Strong's #3774: Krethiy (pronounced ker-ay-thee')

probably from 3772 in the sense of executioner; a Kerethite or life-guardsman (compare 2876) (only collectively in the singular as plural):--Cherethims, Cherethites.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kerêthı̂y

Cherethites = "executioners"

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

2) either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner

Usage:

This word is used 10 times:

 

1 Samuel 30:14: "We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon"
2 Samuel 8:18: "And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were"
2 Samuel 15:18: "passed on him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all"
2 Samuel 20:7: "after him Joab's and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out"
2 Samuel 20:23: "the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:"
1 Kings 1:38: "and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon"
1 Kings 1:44: "and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon"
1 Chronicles 18:17: "the son of Jehoiada the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief"
Ezekiel 25:16: "the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea"
Zephaniah 2:5: "of the sea the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan,"