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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)
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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 Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - Then he did H7673 away H7673 with H7673 the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 whom H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had appointed H5414 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the high H1116 places H1116 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the surrounding H4524 area H4524 of Jerusalem H3389, as well as those who burned H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168, to the sun H8121, to the moon H3394, to the constellations H4208, and to all H3605 the remaining heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 -

The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481

For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven H1007.

Indeed H3588, its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,

And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out H1523 over H5921 it,

Over H5921 its glory H3519, since H3588 it has left H1540 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 -

“So I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063

And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.

And I will eliminate H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place H4725,

And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with H5973 the other priests H3548.

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