3746. Kari
Strong's Lexicon
Kari: Kari

Original Word: כָּרִי
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: kariy
Pronunciation: kah-REE
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-ree')
Definition: Kari
Meaning: a life-guardsman

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root כָּרָה (karah), meaning "to dig" or "to make a pit."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar concepts is βόθυνος (bothynos), which also means "pit" or "abyss."

Usage: The term "Kari" is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a pit or a place that has been dug. It often carries connotations of entrapment or a snare, symbolizing danger or a place of destruction. The word can be used both literally, to describe a physical pit, and metaphorically, to describe a situation of peril or entrapment.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, pits were commonly used for various purposes, including storing water, trapping animals, or as prisons. The imagery of a pit is frequently used in the Hebrew Scriptures to convey themes of danger, judgment, or divine deliverance. The concept of a pit as a place of entrapment or destruction would have been a familiar and powerful image to the original audience.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from karah
Definition
bodyguard of Jehoash
NASB Translation
Carites (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
כָּרִי adjective, of a people probably = Carian, only with article as substantive collective Carians, name given to foreign body-guard of king (compare RSOTJC 249, 2d ed.262) לַכָּרִי וְלָרָצִים 2 Kings 11:4 compare 2 Kings 11:19; הכרי 2 Samuel 20:23 Kt (< Qr הַכְּרֵתִי which We Dr Bu prefer).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
captains, Cherethites

Perhaps an abridged plural of kar in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman -- captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

see HEBREW kar

Forms and Transliterations
הַכָּרִ֨י הַכְּרֵתִ֖י הכרי הכרתי וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙ והכרתי לַכָּרִי֙ לכרי hak·kā·rî hak·kə·rê·ṯî hakkaRi hakkārî hakkereTi hakkərêṯî lak·kā·rî lakkaRi lakkārî vehakkereTi wə·hak·kə·rê·ṯî wəhakkərêṯî
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Samuel 20:23
HEB: [הַכְּרִי כ] (הַכְּרֵתִ֖י ק) וְעַל־
INT: of Jehoiada was over captains was over and the Pelethites

1 Kings 1:38
HEB: בֶן־ יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙ וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔י וַיַּרְכִּ֙בוּ֙
INT: the son of Jehoiada captains and the Pelethites ride

2 Kings 11:4
HEB: (הַמֵּאֹ֗ות ק) לַכָּרִי֙ וְלָ֣רָצִ֔ים וַיָּבֵ֥א
NAS: of hundreds of the Carites and of the guard,
KJV: over hundreds, with the captains and the guard,
INT: the captains hundred of the Carites the guard and brought

2 Kings 11:19
HEB: הַ֠מֵּאוֹת וְאֶת־ הַכָּרִ֨י וְאֶת־ הָרָצִ֜ים
NAS: of hundreds and the Carites and the guards
KJV: over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard,
INT: the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3746
4 Occurrences


hak·kā·rî — 1 Occ.
hak·kə·rê·ṯî — 1 Occ.
lak·kā·rî — 1 Occ.
wə·hak·kə·rê·ṯî — 1 Occ.















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