H3746

כּרי 

Transliteration

kariy;

Pronunciation

kaw-ree'

Parts of Speech

adj

Root Word (Etymology)

perhaps an abridged plural of 3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock)

KJV Translation Count — 3x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: captain (2), variant for Cherethites (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Strong's Definitions

kariy, kaw-ree'; perhaps an abridged plural of 3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman: — captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

Concordance Results Using KJV

Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the H3746 and over the Pelethites:

KJV

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the H3746s 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.

KJV

And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the H3746s, 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.

KJV