Hebrew word study

כָּמָרkâmâr properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration),…

Pronounced “kaw-mawr'

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

Translated in the King James as: Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Origin: from H3648 (כָּמַר);

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Where it appears

2 Kings 1×
2 Ki 23:5
Hosea 1×
Hosea 10:5
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 1:4

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