Kamar means “be black” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3648 — holokleros (“entire”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3648 כָּמַר (kamar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kamar (kaw-mar') v. 1. (properly) to intertwine or contract 2. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat) It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include black and kindled. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kamar (kaw-mar') v. 1. (properly) to intertwine or contract 2. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat) 3. (figuratively) to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity) [a primitive root] KJV: be black, be kindled, yearn.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3648. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to grow warm
Usage: 1) to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to grow warm and tender 1a2) to be or grow hot
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kamar, 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.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3648.
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3648, grouped by book.
Kamar (Strong's H3648) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be black". kamar (kaw-mar') v. 1. (properly) to intertwine or contract 2. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat)
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H3648 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3648 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as black and kindled. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.