3645. Kemosh or Kemish

Strong's Concordance

Kemosh or Kemish: a god of the Moabites

Original Word: כְּמוֹשׁ
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Transliteration: Kemosh or Kemish
Phonetic Spelling: (kem-oshe')
Definition: a god of the Moabites

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a god of the Moabites
NASB Translation
Chemosh (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כְּמוֺשׁ proper name, of a divinity Chemosh (כמש MI^{3. 5. 9. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 32. 23} also עשתר כמש Jeremiah 1:17 and proper name, masculine כמשמלך Jeremiah 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 1 Kings 11:7,33; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 48:7 (Kt כמישׁ), Jeremiah 48:13. Moab is ׳עַםכֿ Numbers 21:29 (ode) people of Chemosh, and Moabites his sons and daughters, compare Jeremiah 48:46. He is said to be also the God of the Ammonites Judges 11:25 (probably an error Bae^{Rel 15} GFM).

כמז (√ of following; meaning dubious; Arabic is bunch, heap).

כמישׁ Jeremiah 48:7 Kt, see כְּמוֺשׁ. above

כמן (√ of following (si vera l); perhaps be hidden; compare Aramaic כְּמַן, , lie in ambush; Arabic id. is denominative from loan-word according to Frä²⁴³).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Chemosh

Or (Jer. 48:7) Kmiysh {kem-eesh'}; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful; Kemosh, the god of the Moabites -- Chemosh.

Forms and Transliterations

וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ ולכמוש כְּמ֑וֹשׁ כְּמ֥וֹשׁ כְמֹושׁ֙ כמוש לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ לכמוש מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ מכמוש chemoVosh kə·mō·wōš ḵə·mō·wōš keMoosh kəmōwōš ḵəmōwōš lichmoVosh liḵ·mō·wōš liḵmōwōš mik·kə·mō·wōš mikkeMoosh mikkəmōwōš velichmoVosh wə·liḵ·mō·wōš wəliḵmōwōš

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 21:29
HEB: אָבַ֖דְתָּ עַם־ כְּמ֑וֹשׁ נָתַ֨ן בָּנָ֤יו
NAS: O people of Chemosh! He has given
KJV: O people of Chemosh: he hath given
INT: are ruined people of Chemosh has given his sons

Judges 11:24
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֧ר יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ֛ כְּמ֥וֹשׁ אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אוֹת֥וֹ
NAS: what Chemosh your god
KJV: Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god
INT: what possess Chemosh your god gives

1 Kings 11:7
HEB: שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: a high place for Chemosh the detestable
KJV: an high place for Chemosh, the abomination
INT: Solomon A high Chemosh the detestable of Moab

1 Kings 11:33
HEB: אֱלֹהֵ֣י צִֽדֹנִין֒ לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god
KJV: of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god
INT: the goddess of the Sidonians Chemosh the god of Moab

2 Kings 23:13
HEB: שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination
KJV: of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination
INT: the abomination of the Sidonians Chemosh the abomination of Moab

Jeremiah 48:7
HEB: [כְמִישׁ כ] (כְמֹושׁ֙ ק) בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה
NAS: will be captured; And Chemosh will go off
KJV: thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth
INT: will be captured will go Chemosh exile his priests

Jeremiah 48:13
HEB: וּבֹ֥שׁ מוֹאָ֖ב מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר־ בֹּ֙שׁוּ֙
NAS: will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house
KJV: shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house
INT: will be ashamed and Moab of Chemosh after ashamed

Jeremiah 48:46
HEB: אָבַ֖ד עַם־ כְּמ֑וֹשׁ כִּֽי־ לֻקְּח֤וּ
NAS: The people of Chemosh have perished;
KJV: the people of Chemosh perisheth:
INT: have perished the people of Chemosh for have been taken

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3645
8 Occurrences

ḵə·mō·wōš — 1 Occ.
kə·mō·wōš — 3 Occ.
liḵ·mō·wōš — 2 Occ.
mik·kə·mō·wōš — 1 Occ.
wə·liḵ·mō·wōš — 1 Occ.