כְּמוֹשׁ

ke.moshChemosh
hebrewOld TestamentTitle8 occurrences5 books8 verses
This is the name of Chemosh: Moabite god, worshipped by Solomon and others.

Definition

or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful; Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
Traditional renderings: Chemosh.

Glossary entries

Chemosh

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Numbers 21:29כְּמ֑וֹשׁ · of Chemosh
    Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
  2. Judges 11:24כְּמ֥וֹשׁ · Chemosh
    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
  3. 1 Kings 11:7לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ · for Chemosh
    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.
  4. 1 Kings 11:33לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ · Chemosh
    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.
  5. 2 Kings 23:13וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ · for Chemosh
    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.
  6. Jeremiah 48:7כְמִישׁ · and Chemosh
    Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
  7. Jeremiah 48:13מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ · of Chemosh
    Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
  8. Jeremiah 48:46כְּמ֑וֹשׁ · of Chemosh
    Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.