Strong's Lexicon

H3645

H3645 — כְּמוֹשׁ כְּמִישׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewKmowshNoun/t.Occurrences: 9

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3645
Word:	כְּמוֹשׁ כְּמִישׁ
Part of Speech:	Noun/t.
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to subdue
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	Kmowsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kem-oshe' (or (Jer. 48) n/t.
Meaning:	1. the powerful 2. Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
KJV Renderings:	Chemosh.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4056

כְּמוֺשׁ proper name [of a divinity] Chemosh (כמש MI^{3. 5. 9. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 32. 23} also עשתר כמש Jer 1:17 and proper name, masculine כמשמלך Jer 1:1 Assyrian Kammusunadbi, a king of Moab Schr^{COT i, 281}; = KAT^{2, 288}; compare further Bae^{Rel 13 f. 238, 256} Nö^{ZMG 1888, 471}; ᵐ5 Ξαμώς); — god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place 1Kgs 11:7; 1Kgs 11:33; 2Kgs 23:13; Jer 48:7 ( Kt כמישׁ), Jer 48:13. Moab is ׳ עַםכֿ Num 21:29 (ode) people of Chemosh, and Moabites his sons and daughters, compare Jer 48:46. He is said to be also the God of the Ammonites Judg 11:25 (probably an error Bae^{Rel 15} GFM).

BDB4059

כמישׁ Jer 48:7 Kt , see כְּמוֺשׁ above