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Strong's #3751 - כַּרְכְּמִישׁ

Transliteration

Karkᵉmîysh

Phonetics

kar-kem-eesh'

Root Word (Etymology)

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Carchemish = “fortress of Chemosh”

1) a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

NAS (3)

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

HCS (3)

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

BSB (3)

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

ESV (2)

2 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 1

WEB (3)

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כַּרְכְּמִישׁכַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare Dl^{Par 265 ff.}; Egyptian †a-rï-‡a-maï(?)-ša WMM^{Asien U. Europa 263}; etymology dubious; according to Hoffm^{Auszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163} RS^{Proh. i. n. 5} = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dl^l.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isaiah 10:9; 2 Chronicles 35:20 (ᵐ5^L Ξαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jeremiah 46:2 (ᵐ5 Ξαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; Schr^{KGF 221ff.}; COT, on Isaiah 10:9 Dl^l.c.., Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 365} thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a- Micah -si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ [“fortress of Chemosh”], [Carchemish, Charchemish], Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 46:2; 2 Chronicles 35:20, pr.n. of a city on the Euphrates, no doubt the same as was called in Greek Κιρκήσιον; Latin Cercusium; Arab. قِرْقيسِياَ. It is a tolerably large and fortified city, situated on an island, formed on the east side by the river Chaboras, which flows into the Euphrates. The Hebrew name is compounded of כֶּרֶךְ, Syr. ܟܰܪܟܳܐ a fortress, and some proper name מִישׁ; see Michaëlis Suppl. p. 1352. [In Thes. the latter part of this compound is judged to be כְּמִישׁ i.q. כְּמוֹשׁ pr.n. of an idol.]

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List of Word Forms

בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ בכרכמיש בכרכמש כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ ככרכמיש bə·ḵar·kə·miš bə·ḵar·kə·mîš becharkeMish bəḵarkəmiš bəḵarkəmîš kə·ḵar·kə·mîš kecharkeMish kəḵarkəmîš