- Original: כּרי - Transliteration: Kariy - Phonetic: kaw-ree' - Definition: 1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners - Origin: perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock) - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: Perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life guardsman: - captains Cherethites [from the margin]. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • captains, 2 2 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 11:19