Kemosh כְּמוֹשׁ

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Kemosh
כְּמוֹשׁ
Transliterationkemosh
Strong's numberH3645
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechtitle
GlossChemosh
Occurrences8 in 8 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (3)

Kemosh (Hebrew כְּמוֹשׁ, Strong's H3645) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Chemosh”. It occurs 8 times.

Definition

§ Chemosh = "subduer"
the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites
also identified with 'Baal-peor', 'Baal-zebub', 'Mars' and 'Saturn'
1b) worship of this god was introduced into Jerusalem by Solomon and abolished by king Josiah of Judah

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

Translated as

KJVchemosh (8)
BSBchemosh (8)

Verses

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

Numbers

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Jeremiah

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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