Senses
1. Chemosh — The proper name of the national deity of Moab, frequently mentioned in contexts of idolatry and divine judgment. Appears in Numbers 21:29, Judges 11:24, 1 Kings 11:7,33, 2 Kings 23:13, and Jeremiah 48:7,13,46. All occurrences, including variant prepositional forms (for Chemosh, of Chemosh, and to Chemosh) and the ketiv variant spelling, refer to the same Moabite god. Multilingual glosses are consistent: Arabic كَمُوش, Korean 그모시/게모시, Spanish Quemos/Kemosh, Hindi कमोश. 9×
AR["[كَمُوشُ]","كَموشُ","كَمُوشَ","كَمُوشُ","لِ-كَمُوشَ","مِنْ-كَمُوشَ","وَلِكَمُوشَ"]·ben["এবং-কমোশের-জন্য","কমোশ","কমোশকে","কমোশের","কমোশের-কারণে","কমোশের-জন্য"]·DE["Chemosh","[(כמוש)]","[[כמיש]]","[כמוש]","[מכמוש]","fuer-Kemosh","und-zu-Kemosh","zu-Kemosh"]·EN["(Kemosh)","Chemosh","Kemosh","[ketiv:Kemosh]","and-to-Kemosh","for-Kemosh","of-Kemosh","to-Kemosh"]·FR["Chemosh","[(כמוש)]","[[כמיש]]","[כמוש]","[מכמוש]","et-à-Kemosh","pour-Kemosh","à-Kemosh"]·heb["ו-ל-כמוש","כמוש","ל-כמוש","מ-כמוש"]·HI["कमोश","कमोश-के","कमोश-के-लिए","कमोश-को","वे-ले-कमोश","से-कमोश"]·ID["Kamos","[Kamos]","dan-untuk-Kamos","karena-Kamos","kepada Kamos","untuk Kamos"]·IT["Chemos","Chemosh","a-Kemosh","e-a-Kemosh","per-Kemosh"]·jav["Kamos","Kémos","[k]","dhateng-Kémos","kanggé-Kémos","lan-kangge-Kemos","margi-Kémos"]·KO["(게모시가)","-에게-그모시","-을-위하여-그모시","[가미스가]","게모시에-대하여","게모시의","그리고-그모실-위하여","그모스가","그모시"]·PT["(Chemosh)","Chemosh","Kemosh","[Chemosh]","a-Kemosh","de-Chemosh","e-para-Kemosh","para-Kemosh"]·RU["[Кемош]","Кемош","Кемоша","Кемошу","для-Кемоша","и-для-Кемоша","из-за-Кемоша"]·ES["Kemosh","Quemos","Quemós","[kethiv]","a-Quemos","de-Kemosh","para-Quemos","y-para-Quemos"]·SW["Kemoshi","[Kemoshi]","kwa-Kemoshi","kwa-sababu-ya-Kemoshi","na-kwa-Kemoshi","wa-Kemoshi"]·TR["-den-Kemoş'tan","Kemoş","Kemoş'a","Kemoş'un","[kmys]","ve-Kemoş-için"]·urd["[کموش]","اور-کے-لیے-کموش","کموش","کموش-سے","کموش-کو","کموش-کی","کموش-کے-لیے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כְּמוֹשׁ n.pr.div. Chemosh (כמש MI3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 32, 33 also עשתר כמש l 17 and n.pr.m. כמשמלך l 1; Assyrian Kammusunadbi, a king of Moab Schr.COT i, 281; = KAT2, 288; cf. further BaeRel. 13 f. 238, 256 NöZMG 1888, 471; 𝔊 Χαμώς);—god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place 1 K 11:7, 33; 2 K 23:13; Je 48:7 (Kt כמישׁ), v 13. Moab is עַם־כ׳ Nu 21:29 (ode) people of…