Kari means “captains” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3746 — hosper (“whomsoever”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3746 כָּרִי (kariy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kariy (kaw-ree') adj. 1. a life-guardsman [perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock)] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include captains. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kariy (kaw-ree') adj. 1. a life-guardsman [perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock)] KJV: captains, Cherethites (from the margin). Root(s): H3733
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3746. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Carite
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kariy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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2 indexed usages in 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.
And 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.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3746.
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.
And 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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3746, grouped by book.
Kari (Strong's H3746) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "captains". kariy (kaw-ree') adj. 1. a life-guardsman [perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock)]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's H3746 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3746 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as captains. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.