כֹּמֶר
kōmer
idol-
Strong's H3649NounHebrewTWOT 996

כֹּמֶר (kōmer) is a Hebrew noun meaning idol-. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3649).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 996)

Range of meaning (TWOT 996)idol-, priest; ascetic, idolatrous priest; Chemarims priests
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כֹּ֫מֶר noun, masculine: idol-, priest

Strong's H3649 כָּמָר: properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)
KJV:Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 23:5Hosea 10:5Zephaniah 1:4

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