Strong's H3645 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ (Kᵉmôwsh)

Pronunciation: kem-oshe'

Morphology: n-pr

Name Meaning: Chemosh = "subduer"

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

Definition: Kemosh, the god of the Moabites

KJV Renderings: Chemosh.

Senses

1. 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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.