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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.
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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 - What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab!
You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh!
Chemosh has left his sons as refugees,
his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the LORD our God gives us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem,[fn] he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - For Solomon has[fn] abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[fn] the vile god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill,
you will be taken captive.
Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,
will be hauled off to distant lands!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - At last Moab will be ashamed of his idol Chemosh,
as the people of Israel were ashamed of their gold calf at Bethel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - “O Moab, they weep for you!
The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed!
Your sons and your daughters
have been taken away as captives.
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