Kemosh means “Chemosh” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3645 — olothreuo (“destroy”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3645 כְּמוֹשׁ כְּמִישׁ (Kmowsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Kmowsh (kem-oshe') (or (Jer. 48) n/t. 1. the powerful 2. Kemosh, the god of the Moabites It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include chemosh, god, and moabites. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Kmowsh (kem-oshe') (or (Jer. 48) n/t. 1. the powerful 2. Kemosh, the god of the Moabites [from an unused root meaning to subdue] KJV: Chemosh.
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Chemosh
Usage: § Chemosh = "subduer" the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Kmowsh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3645.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3645, grouped by book.
Kemosh (Strong's H3645) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Chemosh". Kmowsh (kem-oshe') (or (Jer. 48) n/t. 1. the powerful 2. Kemosh, the god of the Moabites
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H3645 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3645 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chemosh, god, and moabites. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.