Kreti (כריתי) means Cretan in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כְּרֵתִי
kreti
adjective
In English
Cretan
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kreti.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שם עם בזמן המקרא (היושב בכרתים)
אֲנַחְנוּ פָּשַׁטְנוּ נֶגֶב הַכְּרֵתִי וְעַל אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה וְעַל נֶגֶב כָּלֵב
- 2קבוצה או משפחה של אנשים נכבדים בעם ישראל.
וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע וְהַכְּרֵתִי וְהַפְּלֵתִי וּבְנֵי דָוִד כֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kreti is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- כְּרֵתִי
- Written without vowel points
- כריתי
- Said
- kreti
- Root
- כ־ר־ת
- Gematria
- 640
This is how Kreti is said in other languages.
- English
- Cretan
These words rhyme with Kreti.
The word Kreti is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כרתי ופלתי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kreti comes from the root כ־ר־ת, like these words.
These words come before and after Kreti in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kreti.
What does Kreti (כריתי) mean in Hebrew?
Kreti (כריתי) means Cretan. It is said kreti, with the stress on ti.
What rhymes with Kreti (כריתי)?
Words that rhyme with Kreti (כריתי) include דתי, מלאכותי, בלתי, ספרותי, שתי, and פלשתי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כרתי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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