כָּמָר
kâmâr · kaw-mawr'
properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3648 (כָּמַר);
properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּמָר 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the idolatrous priests1 · 33%
- over it, and the priests1 · 33%
- of the chemarims1 · 33%
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.