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H3645 כְּמוֹשׁ (Kᵉmôwsh) kem-oshe'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: Chemosh

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּמוֹשׁ (ke.mosh) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Deities

Chemosh = deity; ► national deity of Moab

NUM 21:29 · JDG 11:24 · 1KI 11:7 · 1KI 11:33 · 2KI 23:13 · JER 48:7 · JER 48:13 · JER 48:46

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּמוֹשׁ n.pr.div. Chemosh;—god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place base

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