כַּרְכְּמִישׁ

Strong’s Definition

Karkemish, a place in Syria

Etymology & Derivation

of foreign derivation;

KJV Usage

Carchemish.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a hittite capital northeast of israel on the euphrates river captured by pharaoh necho and then from him by nebuchadnezzar

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Karkᵉmîysh; Pronunciation: kar-kem-eesh'