Word Study · Strong's H3751 · Hebrew

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ

Karkemish

kar-kem-eesh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Karkᵉmîysh

“Karkemish, a place in Syria”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Karkemish, a place in Syria

Rendered in the KJV as

Carchemish.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ1
בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ1
כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ1

How it is rendered · 2

at Carchemish2
like Carchemish1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

preposition + proper noun (a name)3

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HR/Npl · 3

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Chronicles1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%
Jeremiah1 of 3 · 33%

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2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 35:20בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁbekharkemishpreposition + proper noun (a name)After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.here: at Carchemish

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 10:9כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁkekharkemishpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?here: like Carchemish

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 46:2בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁbekharkemishpreposition + proper noun (a name)concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:here: at Carchemish

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