Someone descended from Chereth(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.30.14 § 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)
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H3774 — כְּרֵתִי
ke.re.ti · Cherethite · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 30:14 · הַכְּרֵתִ֛יwe pushed to the south of the Cherethite, and against that which is to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.’2 Samuel 8:18 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יand Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.2 Samuel 15:18 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יAnd all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.2 Samuel 20:7 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥יAnd the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;2 Samuel 20:23 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יAnd Joab is over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,1 Kings 1:38 · וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙And Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon,1 Kings 1:44 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יand the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king’s mule,1 Chronicles 18:17 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יand Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.Zephaniah 2:5 · כְּרֵתִ֑יםHo! O inhabitants of the sea-coast, Nation of the Cherethites, A word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines, And I have destroyed thee without an inhabitant.