כָּרִי kârîy

Meaning

a life-guardsman

In the King James Version: captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

Derivation: perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 (כַּר) in the sense of leader (of the flock);

Where it is used

• 2 Kings 11:4 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
• 2 Kings 11:19 He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,