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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

23:5

Hosea

4:4; 10:5

Zephaniah

1:4

H3649

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had offered sacrifices at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered sacrifices to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the powers of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for what might happen to their calf idol at Beth-aven.[fn]
The people mourn and the priests wail,
because its glory will be stripped away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - “I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist
and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship.
I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests,
so that even the memory of them will disappear.
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