Chemosh
כְּמוֹשׁStrong’s H3645kemosh (ke-mosh)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kemosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “chemosh” and “from chemosh”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.”
Meaning
- § Chemosh = "subduer"
How it's translated
- chemosh 4
- for chemosh 1
- to chemosh 1
- and to chemosh 1
- from chemosh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 3
- 1 Kings 2
- Numbers 1
- Judges 1
- 2 Kings 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 11:24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
- 1 Kings 11:7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
- Jeremiah 48:7For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
- Jeremiah 48:13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Hebrew dictionary
כְּמוֹשׁ kemosh · Chemosh
§ 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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.