Kᵉmôwsh — H3645

Definition

deity proper noun

Kemosh, the god of the Moabites

1. Chemosh = "subduer"
2. the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites
1. also identified with 'Baal-peor', 'Baal-zebub', 'Mars' and 'Saturn'
2. worship of this god was introduced into Jerusalem by Solomon and abolished by king Josiah of Judah

Usually translated as

Chemosh

Origin

or (Jeremiah 48:7) Kᵉmîysh; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful

Occurrences

Kᵉmôwsh occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (3)

• Numbers 21:29 — Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh (כְּמ֑וֹשׁ): he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
• Judges 11:24 — Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh (כְּמ֥וֹשׁ) thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
• 1 Samuel 4:9 — Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
• 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh (לִכְמוֹשׁ֙), the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
• 1 Kings 11:33 — Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh (לִכְמוֹשׁ֙) the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
• 2 Kings 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh (וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙) the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
• Jeremiah 48:7 — For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh (כְמוֹשׁ֙) shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
• Jeremiah 48:13 — And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh (מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ), as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
• Jeremiah 48:46 — Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh (כְּמ֑וֹשׁ) perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.