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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 Box2Ki 23:5 - وَأَبَادَ كَهَنَةَ الأَصْنَامِ الَّذِينَ أَقَامَهُمْ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لِيُوْقِدُوا عَلَى مَذَابِحِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَضَوَاحِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَذَلِكَ قَضَى عَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ يُحْرِقُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلِلشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ وَلِلأَبْرَاجِ الْفَلَكِيَّةِ وَلِسَائِرِ الْكَوَاكِبِ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - يَخْشَى أَهْلُ السَّامِرَةِ عَلَى عِجْلِ بَيْتِ آوَنَ، لأَنَّ شَعْبَهُ يَنُوحُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كَهَنَتَهُ الْخَوَنَةَ الَّذِينَ ابْتَهَجُوا بِبَهَائِهِ الَّذِي سُلِبَ مِنْهُ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - أَمُدُّ يَدِي لأُعَاقِبَ يَهُوذَا وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأُفْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بَقِيَّةَ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ، وَكُلَّ كَهَنَةِ الْوَثَنِ.
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