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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 you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - I will do this because they have[fn] forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the people of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed; your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity.
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