כְּמוֹשׁ
Kᵉmôwsh · kem-oshe'
Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ; from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful;
Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chemosh.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּמוֹשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of chemosh3 · 38%
- that which chemosh1 · 13%
- for chemosh1 · 13%
- chemosh1 · 13%
- and for chemosh1 · 13%
- and chemosh1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.