Strong H3751כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Carchemish
- Transliteration
- karkemîysh
- Pronunciation
- kar-kem-eesh'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Karkemish} a place in Syria: - Carchemish.
{Karkemish} a place in Syria: - Carchemish.
Meaning of the name
Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"
Detailed definition
Carchemish was an ancient city on the Euphrates River where the Babylonians decisively defeated the Egyptians.
In the biblical story
Carchemish
Ancient city; site of Babylonian victory over Egypt
Carchemish was an ancient city on the Euphrates River where the Babylonians decisively defeated the Egyptians.
In the Bible
Strong H3751 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- carchemish3
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 35:20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
- Jeremiah 46:2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.