Pagan priest
כֹּ֫מֶרStrong’s H3649kamar (ka-mar)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kamar is the Hebrew word usually translated “pagan priests” and “pagan priests its”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.”
Meaning
- Priest, idolatrous priest
How it's translated
- the pagan priests 2
- and pagan priests its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Hosea 1
- Zephaniah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
- Zephaniah 1:4I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Hebrew dictionary
כֹּ֫מֶר kamar · pagan priest
priest, idolatrous priest
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.