3751. Karkemish
Strong's Concordance
Karkemish: a city on the Euphrates
Original Word: כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Karkemish
Phonetic Spelling: (kar-kem-eesh')
Short Definition: Carchemish
Brown-Driver-Briggs
כַּרְכְּמִישׁ כַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare DlPar 265 ff.; Egyptian †a-rï-‡a-maï(?)-ša WMMAsien U. Europa 263; etymology dubious; according to HoffmAuszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163 RSProh. i. n. 5 = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dll.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isaiah 10:9; 2Chronicles 35:20 (ᵐ5L Ξαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jeremiah 46:2 (ᵐ5 Ξαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; SchrKGF 221 ff.; COT, on Isaiah 10:9 Dll.c.., JenZA vii. (1892), 365 thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Carchemish

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

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

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

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