Word Study · Strong's H3649 · Hebrew

כָּמָר

kâmâr

kaw-mawr'

“properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)

Rendered in the KJV as

Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

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occurrencescanonical count
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loaded herebook by book, canonical order
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books spannedamong loaded text
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inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 loaded occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

הַכְּמָרִ֗ים1
הַכְּמָרִ֖ים1
וּכְמָרָיו֙1

How it is rendered · 2

the pagan priests2
and pagan priests its1

Contextual glosses as tagged by STEP Bible — the sense the word carries at each spot, not a translation.

Parse codes · 2

HTd/Ncmpa2
HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms1

STEP Bible morphology codes, printed as given. The scheme is documented at STEPBible.org.

3 loaded

The ledger of occurrences

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 23:5הַכְּמָרִ֗יםha.ke.ma.RimHTd/NcmpaAnd he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.here: the pagan priests

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 10:5וּכְמָרָיו֙u.khe.ma.RavHC/Ncmpc/Sp3msThe inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.here: and pagan priests its

Zephaniah1 occurrence

Zephaniah 1:4הַכְּמָרִ֖יםha.ke.ma.RimHTd/NcmpaAnd I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;here: the pagan priests

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