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Lexicon :: Strong's H3751 - karkᵊmîš

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כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Transliteration
karkᵊmîš
Pronunciation
kar-kem-eesh'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Karkᵉmîysh, kar-kem-eesh'; of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria:—Carchemish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3751 in the following manner: Carchemish (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3751 in the following manner: Carchemish (3x).

  1. Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"

    1. a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Karkᵉmîysh, kar-kem-eesh'; of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria:—Carchemish.
STRONGS H3751: Abbreviations
† כַּרְכְּמִישׁ כַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare DlPar 265 ff.; Egyptian Ḳa-rï-ḳa-mḁï(?)-šḁ WMMAsien U. Europa 263; etymology dubious; according to HoffmAuszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163 RSProh. i. n. 5 = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dll.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isaiah 10:9; 2 Chronicles 35:20 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Χαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jeremiah 46:2 (Greek Version of the LXX Χαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; SchrKGF 221 ff.; COT, on Isaiah 10:9 Dll.c.; JenZA vii. (1892), 365 thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

35:20

Isaiah

10:9; 10:9

Jeremiah

46:2

H3751

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Strong's Number H3751 matches the Hebrew כַּרְכְּמִישׁ (karkᵊmîš),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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