{"def":{"lit":"executioners","short":"a Kerethite or life-guardsman","long":["a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners","either Cretans or proto-Philistines (generally)"]},"deriv":"probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876) (only collectively in the singular as plural)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛ̆.reˈt̪ɪi̯","ipa_mod":"kɛ̆.ʁeˈtiː","sbl":"kĕrētî","dic":"keh-ray-TEE","dic_mod":"keh-ray-TEE"}}