# כָּמָר (kamar)

Israeli respelling: ka-mar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3649. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kamar-h3649

## Occurrences

- [2 Kings 23:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/5) — 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…
- [Hosea 10:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/5) — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereo…
- [Zephaniah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/1/4) — 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 p…