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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3645 - כְּמוֹשׁ
Transliteration
Kᵉmôwsh
Phonetics
kem-oshe', kem-eesh'
Origin
from an unused root meaning to subdue
Parts of Speech
proper noun with reference to deity
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Chemosh = "subduer"
- the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites
- also identified with ´Baal-peor´, ´Baal-zebub´, ´Mars´ and ´Saturn´
- worship of this god was introduced into Jerusalem by Solomon and abolished by king Josiah of Judah
- the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
BSB (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
CSB (6)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
ESV (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
KJV (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
LEB (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
LSB (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
N95 (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
NAS (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (8)
Numbers
1
Judges
1
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
כְּמוֺשׁ proper name, of a divinity Chemosh (כמש MI3. 5. 9. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 32. 23 also עשתר כמש Jeremiah 1:17 and proper name, masculine כמשמלך Jeremiah 1:1; Assyrian Kammusunadbi, a king of Moab Schr COT i, 281; = KAT2,288; compare further Bae Rel 13f. 238,256 Nö ZMG 1888,471; ᵐ5 Ξαμώς); — god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place 1 Kings 11:7,33; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 48:7 (Kt כמישׁ), Jeremiah 48:13. Moab is ׳עַםכֿ Numbers 21:29 (ode) people of Chemosh, and Moabites his sons and daughters, compare Jeremiah 48:46. He is said to be also the God of the Ammonites Judges 11:25 (probably an error Bae Rel 15 GFM).
כמז (√ of following; meaning dubious; Arabic 
is bunch, heap).
כמישׁ Jeremiah 48:7 Kt, see כְּמוֺשׁ. above
כמן (√ of following (si vera l); perhaps be hidden; compare Aramaic כְּמַן, 
, lie in ambush; Arabic 
id. is denominative from loan-word 
according to Frä243).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
כְּמוֹשׁ m. [Chemosh], pr.n. of a national god of the Moabites and Ammonites, Judges 11:24, worshipped also at Jerusalem in the reign of Solomon [after his wives had turned aside his heart]. 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 48:7 perhaps subduer, conqueror, tamer, from the root כָּמַשׁ, which see; hence עַם כְּמוֹשׁ people of Chemosh, i.e. the Moabites, Numbers 21:29. LXX. Χαμώς. Vulg. Chamos.
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List of Word Forms
וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ ולכמוש כְּמ֑וֹשׁ כְּמ֥וֹשׁ כְמֹושׁ֙ כמוש לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ לכמוש מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ מכמוש chemoVosh kə·mō·wōš ḵə·mō·wōš keMoosh kəmōwōš ḵəmōwōš lichmoVosh liḵ·mō·wōš liḵmōwōš mik·kə·mō·wōš mikkeMoosh mikkəmōwōš velichmoVosh wə·liḵ·mō·wōš wəliḵmōwōš
