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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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, people of Chemosh: He gave his sons that had escaped, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - Dost not thou possess what Chemosh thy god puts thee in possession of? and whatever Jehovah our God has dispossessed before us, that will we possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Woe to thee, Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away in captivity, and thy daughters are captives.
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