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Lexicon :: Strong's H3649 - kōmer

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כֹּמֶר
Transliteration
kōmer
Pronunciation
kaw-mawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 996

Strong’s Definitions

כָּמָר kâmâr, kaw-mawr'; from H3648; properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural):—Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3649 in the following manner: priest (2x), Chemarims (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3649 in the following manner: priest (2x), Chemarims (1x).

  1. priest, idolatrous priest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּמָר kâmâr, kaw-mawr'; from H3648; properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural):—Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.
STRONGS H3649: Abbreviations
† [כֹּ֫מֶר] noun masculine (idol-)priest (so Late Hebrew כּוּמָר; Aramaic bdb048508, כּוּמְרָא, is also priest of God; Nerab כמר HalRev. Semitic 1896, 280, 282; Nabataean כמר priest CISii, No. 170, Teima כמרא id. CISii, No. 113 a, b, b bis; so כמר Neo-Punic EutZMG. 1875, 238, 239 BergerJAs Apr.-June, 1887, 465; perhaps Tel Amarna kamiru BezBM. Tabl, xxvi; Or. Dipl. 92; WklTA. 1, 15, 33 leaves untranslated); — plural absolute, in O.T. only of idol-priests; הַכְּמָרִים 2 Kings 23:5, כְּמָרָיו Hosea 10:5, עִםהַֿכֹּהֲנִים הַכּ׳ Zephaniah 1:4. In Hosea 4:4 Beck (in Wü142) We proposes וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו (for MT וְעַמְּךָ כִּמְרִיבֵי).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

23:5

Hosea

4:4; 10:5

Zephaniah

1:4

H3649

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Strong's Number H3649 matches the Hebrew כֹּמֶר (kōmer),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He put down the idolatrous Kohanim, whom the kings of Yehudah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Yehudah, and in the places round about Yerushalayim; those also who burned incense to Ba`al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Shomron will be in terror for the calves of Beit-Aven; For its people will mourn over it, Along with its Kohanim who rejoiced over it, For its glory, because it has departed from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - I will stretch out my hand against Yehudah, and against all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim. I will cut off the remnant of Ba`al from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan Kohanim,
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