Lexicon :: Strong's H3751 - karkᵊmîš

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Transliteration
karkᵊmîš
Pronunciation
kar-kem-eesh'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Karkᵉmîysh, kar-kem-eesh'; of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria:—Carchemish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3751 in the following manner: Carchemish (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3751 in the following manner: Carchemish (3x).

  1. Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"

    1. a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Karkᵉmîysh, kar-kem-eesh'; of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria:—Carchemish.
STRONGS H3751: Abbreviations
† כַּרְכְּמִישׁ כַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare DlPar 265 ff.; Egyptian Ḳa-rï-ḳa-mḁï(?)-šḁ WMMAsien U. Europa 263; etymology dubious; according to HoffmAuszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163 RSProh. i. n. 5 = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dll.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isaiah 10:9; 2 Chronicles 35:20 ( Χαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jeremiah 46:2 ( Χαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; SchrKGF 221 ff.; COT, on Isaiah 10:9 Dll.c.; JenZA vii. (1892), 365 thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

35:20

Isaiah

10:9; 10:9

Jeremiah

46:2