Hebrew

Carite

כָּרִיStrong’s H3746

kari (ka-ri)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kari is the Hebrew word usually translated “carian”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“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.”

2 Kings 11:4 KJV

Meaning

A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19

How it's translated

of the carian 1
the carian 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Kings 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Cherethite (kereti)

Explore in Scripture

2 Kings 11:19And 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.

Hebrew dictionary

כָּרִי kari · Carite

A group, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; also called Carite at 2Ki.11.4,19; Group of ke.re.ti (כְּרֵתִי "Cherethite" H3774H) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.