כָּרִיkârîy

probably = Carian, only with article as substantive collective (2 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Samuel 20:23)

Pronunciation: kaw-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3746

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 11:4 In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the Lord. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the Lord’s Temple; then he showed them the king’s son.
  • 2 Kings 11:19 Then the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, the palace guards, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the Lord. They went through the gate of the guards and into the palace, and the king took his seat on the royal throne.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).