# כְּרֵתִי (kereti)

Israeli respelling: ke-re-ti. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3774. 10 Old Testament occurrences.

a Kerethite or life-guardsman

King James renderings: Cherethims, Cherethites.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kereti-h3774

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 30:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/14) — We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we bur…
- [2 Samuel 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/18) — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
- [2 Samuel 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/18) — And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which cam…
- [2 Samuel 20:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/7) — And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, t…
- [2 Samuel 20:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/23) — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- [1 Kings 1:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/38) — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and cause…
- [1 Kings 1:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/44) — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pel…
- [1 Chronicles 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/17) — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
- [Ezekiel 25:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/25/16) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destro…
- [Zephaniah 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/5) — Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Ph…