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Lexicon :: Strong's H3649 - kōmer

Aa
כֹּמֶר
Transliteration
kōmer
Pronunciation
kaw-mawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he put down H7673 the idolatrous priests, H3649 whom H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had ordained H5414 to burn incense H6999 in the high places H1116 in the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and in the places round about H4524 Jerusalem; H3389 them H6999➔ also H853 that burned incense ➔H6999 unto Baal, H1168 to the sun, H8121 and to the moon, H3394 and to the planets, H4208 and to all H3605 the H8064➔ host H6635 of heaven. ➔H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria H8111 shall fear H1481 because of the calves H5697 of Bethaven: H1007 H1007 for H3588 the people thereof H5971 shall mourn H56 over it, H5921 and the priests thereof H3649 that rejoiced H1523 on it, H5921 for H5921 the glory thereof, H3519 because H3588 it is departed H1540 from it. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - I will also stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 upon H5921 Judah, H3063 and upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem; H3389 and I will cut off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from H4480 this H2088 place, H4725 and the name H8034 of the Chemarims H3649 with H5973 the priests; H3548
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