Cherethite
Morphhology:
Proper Name Noun Gentilic Title
Definition:
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)
Pronounciation:
ker-ay-thee'
Definition:
a Kerethite or life-guardsman; Cherethims, Cherethites.; probably from
h3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare
h2876 (טַבָּח)) (only collectively in the singular as plural)