H3649 Hebrew

כָּמָר

kâmâr (kaw-mawr')
properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)

KJV Translations of H3649

Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

Word Origin & Derivation

from H3648 (כָּמַר);

H3649 in the King James Bible

3 verses
Hosea 10:5 וּכְמָרָיו֙

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

2 Kings 23:5 הַכְּמָרִ֗ים

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

Zephaniah 1:4 הַכְּמָרִ֖ים

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;