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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 - Woe to you, O Moab!
You are undone, O people of Chemosh!
He has made his sons fugitives,
and his daughters captives,
to an Amorite king, Sihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the LORD our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have[fn] forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and Chemosh shall go into exile
with his priests and his officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
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