hebrew #3645 - כְּמוֹשׁ Kemosh or Kemish (a god of the Moabites)

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

Englishman's Concordance

Chemosh=“subduer”
1) the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites
1a) 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
Part of Speech: noun proper deity
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to subdue

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כְּמוֺשׁproper name, of a divinityChemosh (כמש MI^{3. 5. 9. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 32. 23} also עשתר כמשJeremiah 1:17 and proper name, masculine כמשמלךJeremiah 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}; ᵐ5Ξαμώς); — 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 ׳עַםכֿNumbers 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).

כמישׁJeremiah 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).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3645. כְּמִישׁ (Kemosh or Kemish) — 8 Occurrences

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

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