Karkemish כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
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| כַּרְכְּמִישׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | karkemish |
| Strong's number | H3751 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Carchemish |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Chronicles (1) |
Karkemish (Hebrew כַּרְכְּמִישׁ, Strong's H3751) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Carchemish”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
§ Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"
a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar
a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | carchemish (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | carchemish (2), like carchemish (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Karkemish, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 35:20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 46:2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).