Strongs Number: H3751
- Hebrew Word
- כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
- Transliteration
- Karkᵉmîysh
- Phonetic
- kar-kem-eesh'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Location
- Strongs Definition
-
{Karkemish} a place in Syria
- BDB Definition
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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
- Origin
- Of foreign derivation
- Bible Usage
- Carchemish.