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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3649 - כֹּמֶר

Transliteration

kâmâr

Phonetics

kaw-mawr'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3648)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

996

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) priest, idolatrous priest

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

2 Kings 1

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (6)

2 Kings 2

Hosea 2

Zephaniah 2

HCS (3)

2 Kings 1

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (3)

2 Kings 1

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (3)

2 Kings 1

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

WEB (3)

2 Kings 1

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2266) r m k (כמר KMR) AC: Burn CO: ? AB: ?

V) r m k (כמר KMR) - Burn: Also a passion that burns for another. KJV (4): (vf: Niphal) yearn, kindle, black - Strongs: H3648 (כָּמַר)

g^m) r m f k (כומר KWMR) - Priest: The priests of idolaters. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (3): priest - Strongs: H3649 (כֹּמֶר)

h^f2) t r m k m (מכמרת MKMRT) - Fishing net: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (3): drag, net - Strongs: H4365 (מִכְמֶרֶת)

ac^m) r f m k m (מכמור MKMWR) - Hunting net: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (2): net - Strongs: H4364 (מִכְמֹר)

bl^m) r i r m k (כמריר KMRYR) - Blackness: In the sense of being burnt. KJV (1): blackness - Strongs: H3650 (כַּמְרִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[כֹּ֫מֶר] noun masculine (idol-)priest (so Late Hebrew כּוּמָר; Aramaic

, כּוּמְרָא, is also priest of God; Nerab כמר Hal^{Rev. Semitic 1896,280, 282}; Nabataean כמר priest CIS^{ii, No. 170, Teima} כמרא id. CIS^{ii, No. 113a, b, b} bis; so כמר Neo-Punic Eut^{ZMG. 1875,238, 239} Berger^{JAs Apr.-June, 1887,465}; perhaps Tel Amarna kamiru Bez^{BM.:Tabl, xxvi; Or. Dipl. 92}; Wkl^{TA. 1,15, 33leaves untranslated}); — plural absolute, in O.T. only of idol-priests; הַכְּמָרִים 2 Kings 23:5, כְּמָרָיו Hosea 10:5, עִםהַֿכֹּהֲנִים׳הַכּ Zephaniah 1:4. In Hosea 4:4 Beck (in Wü¹⁴²) We proposes וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו (for ᵑ0וְעַמְּךָ כִּמְרִיבֵי).

כמת (√ of following, meaning unknown).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כֹּמֶר only in pl. כְּמָרִים idolatrous priests, 2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4. Syr. ܟܘܽܡܪܐܳ used of any priest whatever; but Syriac words relating to divine worship are in Hebrew restricted to the worship of idols; see Gesch. der Heb. Sprache, p. 58. If the etymology of this word be inquired for, כֹּמֶר, ܟܘܽܡܪܐܳ is prop. blackness, sadness, and as a concrete, one who goes about in black attire, mourning; hence, an ascetic, a priest. Compare أَبِيلُ, ܙܰܒܺܝܠܳ sad, mournful; hence, an ascetic, a monk, an ecclesiastic. See my Comment. on Isaiah 22:12, 38:15.

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List of Word Forms

הַכְּמָרִ֖ים הַכְּמָרִ֗ים הכמרים וּכְמָרָיו֙ וכמריו hak·kə·mā·rîm hakkemaRim hakkəmārîm ū·ḵə·mā·rāw uchemaRav ūḵəmārāw