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כְּמוֹשׁ

kemosh · Chemosh

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3645 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

kemosh (כְּמוֹשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Chemosh”.

The god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."

How to say it

ke·mosh

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

  • Numbers 21:29

    Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.

  • Judges 11:24

    Do you not take possession of what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever YHWH our Elohim has dispossessed before us, that we will take possession of.

  • 1 Kings 11:7

    Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, on the mountain that is facing Jerusalem, and for Molech, the detestable thing of the sons of Ammon.

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    because they have abandoned me and bowed down to Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my eyes, and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.

  • 2 Kings 23:13

    The high places that were facing Jerusalem, which were to the right of the Mount of Destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Astarte, the detestable thing of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king made unclean.

  • Jeremiah 48:7

    For because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you too will be captured; and Chemosh will go out into exile, his priests and his princes together.

  • Jeremiah 48:13

    And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

  • Jeremiah 48:46

    Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh has perished, for your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity.