Bible Names

Cherethims: meaning of the name

Cherethims means “Cherethites, who cut or tear away.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Cherethims in Hebrew and Greek

כְּרֵתִי H3774

Kᵉrêthîy (ker-ay-thee') — a Kerethite or life-guardsman

probably from H3772 (כָּרַת) in the sense of executioner; (compare H2876 (טַבָּח))...

Cherethims in Scripture

“Cherethims” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Ezekiel 25:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.