Lexical Definition

‎כְּמוֹשׁ‎ Kᵉmôwsh (kem-oshe') Chemosh ^N:N-M-T
or (Jeremiah 48:7) כְּמִישׁ Kᵉmîysh (kem-eesh'); from an unused root meaning to subdue; the powerful

Chemosh.

• § Chemosh = "subduer"
• Kemosh, the god of the Moabites

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

Extended Information

• also identified with 'Baal-peor', 'Baal-zebub', 'Mars' and 'Saturn'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּמוֺשׁ‎ proper name, of a divinity Chemosh (‎כמש‎ MI^{3. 5. 9. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 32. 23} also ‎עשתר כמש‎ Jer 1:17 and proper name, masculine ‎כמשמלך‎ Jer 1:1 Assyrian Kammusunadbi, a king of Moab Schr^{COT i, 281}; = KAT^{2, 288}; compare further Bae^{Rel 13 f. 238, 256} Nö^{ZMG 1888, 471}; ᵐ5 Ξαμώς); — god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place 1Kgs 11:7; 1Kgs 11:33; 2Kgs 23:13; Jer 48:7 (Kt ‎כמישׁ‎), vJer 48:13. Moab is ‎׳‎‎עַםכֿ‎ Num 21:29 (ode) people of Chemosh, and Moabites his sons and daughters, compare Jer 48:46. He is said to be also the God of the Ammonites Judg 11:25 (probably an error Bae^{Rel 15} GFM).

‎כמישׁ‎ Jer 48:7 Kt, see ‎כְּמוֺשׁ‎. above

Brown-Driver-Briggs References