Kemo כְּמוֹ

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Kemo
כְּמוֹ
Transliterationkemo
Strong's numberH3644 (H3644G, H3644H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechconjunction
Glosslike
Occurrences143 in 127 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (25)

Kemo (Hebrew כְּמוֹ, Strong's H3644) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning “like”. It occurs 143 times in 127 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3644G: like

adv
1) like, as, the like of which
conj
2) when, according as, as it were

H3644H: (Geruth) Chimham

Combined with ge.rut (גֵּרוּת "Geruth" H1628)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVlike (5), thou (2), according (2), been (1), thyself (1), i (1), worth (1), such (1), things (1), thus (1), were (1), comparison (1)
BSBlike (28), like you (10), like me (9), like him (7), is like you (6), like it (5), i (3), yourself (2), such (2), like them (2), is like me (2), like us (1), and 26 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Kemo, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Hosea

Joel

Micah

Habakkuk

Haggai

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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