כְּרֵתִי, (b. h.) gent. n. K’rethi, Cherethi; (collect.) the body-guard of David; (homilet.) the Sanhedrin (or Urim and Tummim). Ber. 4ᵃ, v. כָּרַת. Midr. Till. to Ps. III, V. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.—Pl. כְּרֵתִיִּים. Men. 28ᵇ כמין תפוחי הכ׳ ed. (ed. Ven., a. oth., and Ar. הבִּרְתִּיִּים) the shape of the apples of the K’rethiim (Cretans?); ib. 63ᵃ הכ׳ Ms. R. 2 (ed. הברתים), v. בִּירְתִית.