(Heb. Kare'dch,
÷ָøֵç
, bald; Sept.
ÊÜñçå
v. r.
ÊáñéÝ
or
ÊáñåÝ
; in 2Ki_25:23,
ÊáñéÝ
v. r.
Êáñήè
, Auth.Vers. Careah?'), the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who attached themselves for a time to the loyal party under Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem (Jeremiah xl, 8, 13, 15, 16; 41:11, 13 14 16; xlii, 1, 8; xliii, 2, 4, 5). B.C. ante 588.