3751. Karkemish

Lexicon

Karkemish: Carchemish

Original Word: כַּרְכְּמְישׂ
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Karkmiysh
Pronunciation: kar-keh-MEESH
Phonetic Spelling: (kar-kem-eesh')
KJV: Carchemish
NASB: Carchemish
Word Origin: [of foreign derivation]

1. Karkemish, a place in Syria

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Carchemish

Of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria -- Carchemish.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a city on the Euphrates
NASB Translation
Carchemish (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ כַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare Dl^{Par 265 ff.}; Egyptian †a-rï-‡a-maï(?)-ša WMM^{Asien U. Europa 263}; etymology dubious; according to Hoffm^{Auszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163} RS^{Proh. i. n. 5} = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dl^l.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isaiah 10:9; 2Chronicles 35:20 (ᵐ5^L Ξαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jeremiah 46:2 (ᵐ5 Ξαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; Schr^{KGF 221 ff.}; COT, on Isaiah 10:9 Dl^l.c.., Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 365} thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ בכרכמיש בכרכמש כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ ככרכמיש bə·ḵar·kə·miš bə·ḵar·kə·mîš becharkeMish bəḵarkəmiš bəḵarkəmîš kə·ḵar·kə·mîš kecharkeMish kəḵarkəmîš

Englishman's Concordance

2 Chronicles 35:20
HEB: מִצְרַ֛יִם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ עַל־ פְּרָ֑ת
NAS: up to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates,
KJV: to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates:
INT: of Egypt to make Carchemish on the Euphrates

Isaiah 10:9
HEB: הֲלֹ֥א כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ כַּלְנ֑וֹ אִם־
NAS: Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or
KJV: [Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath
INT: like Carchemish Calno Or

Jeremiah 46:2
HEB: נְהַר־ פְּרָ֖ת בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכָּ֗ה
NAS: River at Carchemish, which
KJV: Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar
INT: River the Euphrates Carchemish which defeated

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3751
3 Occurrences

bə·ḵar·kə·mîš — 2 Occ.
kə·ḵar·kə·mîš — 1 Occ.