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Lexicon :: Strong's H3645 - kᵊmôš

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כְּמוֹשׁ
Transliteration
kᵊmôš
Pronunciation
kem-oshe'
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Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to deity
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to subdue
Strong’s Definitions

כְּמוֹשׁ Kᵉmôwsh, kem-oshe'; or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ Kᵉmîysh; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful; Kemosh, the god of the Moabites:—Chemosh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3645 in the following manner: Chemosh (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3645 in the following manner: Chemosh (8x).

  1. Chemosh = "subduer"

    1. the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites

      1. also identified with 'Baal-peor', 'Baal-zebub', 'Mars' and 'Saturn'

      2. worship of this god was introduced into Jerusalem by Solomon and abolished by king Josiah of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּמוֹשׁ Kᵉmôwsh, kem-oshe'; or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ Kᵉmîysh; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful; Kemosh, the god of the Moabites:—Chemosh.
STRONGS H3645: Abbreviations
† 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 SchrCOT i, 281; = KAT2, 288; compare further BaeRel 13 f. 238, 256 NöZMG 1888, 471; Greek Version of the LXX 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 BaeRel 15 GFM).

כמישׁ Jeremiah 48:7 Kt, see כְּמוֺשׁ above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:29

Judges

11:25

1 Kings

11:7; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13

Jeremiah

1:1; 1:17; 48:7; 48:7; 48:13; 48:46

H3645

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3645 matches the Hebrew כְּמוֹשׁ (kᵊmôš),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab!

You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh!

Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle],

And his daughters into captivity

To Sihon king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - ‘Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And everything that the LORD our God dispossessed before us, we will possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a [fn]high place for [worshiping] Chemosh the horror (detestable idol) of Moab, on the hill which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the horror (detestable idol) of the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because [fn]they have abandoned Me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways and followed My commandments, doing what is right in My sight and keeping My statutes and My ordinances as did his father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king desecrated the high places which were opposite [east of] Jerusalem, which were on the right (south) of the mount of corruption which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the repulsiveness of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the repulsiveness of Moab, and for Milcom the repulsiveness of the sons (descendants) of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

“For because you have trusted in your works [your hand-made idols] and in your treasures [instead of in God],

Even you yourself will be captured;

And [fn]Chemosh [your disgusting god cannot rescue you, but] will go away into exile [along with the fugitives]

Together with his priests and his princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - “And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh [his worthless, disgusting god], as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their [misplaced] confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 -

“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Moab!

The people of [the pagan god called] Chemosh have perished;

For your sons have been taken away captive

And your daughters into captivity.

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