כְּמוֹשׁ
ke.mosh
“Chemosh”
Definition
Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
כְּמוֹשׁ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
Because you trust in your works and treasures,you too will be captured,and Chemosh will go into exilewith his priests and officials.
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