כָּמָרkâmâr
(idol-)priest (2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4; Hosea 4:4)
Pronunciation: kaw-mawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3649
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 23:5 He did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had offered sacrifices at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered sacrifices to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the powers of the heavens.
- Hosea 10:5 The people of Samaria tremble in fear for their calf idol at Beth-aven, and they mourn for it. Though its priests rejoice over it, its glory will be stripped away.
- Zephaniah 1:4 “I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship. I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of them will disappear.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).