3644. kemo or kamo
Strong's Lexicon
kemo or kamo: like, as, according to

Original Word: כְּמוֹ or כָּמוֹ
Part of Speech: adverb; conjunction; substantive; conjunction
Transliteration: kemo or kamo
Pronunciation: keh-mo or kah-mo
Phonetic Spelling: (kem-o')
Definition: like, as, according to
Meaning: thus, so

Word Origin: Derived from the root כְּ (ke), meaning "like" or "as."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "kemo" is ὡς (hōs), Strong's Greek #5613, which also means "like" or "as."

Usage: The Hebrew word "kemo" or "kamo" is a preposition used to draw comparisons or analogies. It is often translated as "like" or "as" in English. This word is used to express similarity, equivalence, or comparison between two entities or concepts. It is a common linguistic tool in Hebrew poetry and prose, providing vivid imagery and deeper understanding through analogy.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, similes and metaphors were essential for communication, especially in poetry and wisdom literature. The use of "kemo" or "kamo" allowed speakers and writers to convey complex ideas and emotions succinctly and powerfully. This linguistic feature reflects the Hebrew mindset, which often sought to understand the world through relationships and comparisons.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a pleonastic form of a preposition prefix
Definition
like, as, when
NASB Translation
alike (1), comparison (1), if (1), like (84), likewise (1), so (1), such (4), such* (1), thus (1), when (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
כְּמוֺ adverb and

conjunction like, as, when (literally the like of what (namely) . . ., a pleonastic form of כְּ (see מוֺ), and, like it, properly a substantive: compare Aramaic כְּמָא like Psalm 78:68 Levy, usually כְּמָא דְּ like as; (i.e. ) like what, like, usually followed by like as; Samaritan ; Arabic Ethiopic kama, like as, Di Gr§ 63 a Sabean כמוZMG 1883, 394) — used

1 (56 t.) as an independent word (except Genesis 19:15; Nehemiah 9:11, only in poetry);

2 as an equivalent for כְּ before suffixes, always before light ones, and occasionally before heavy ones (see כְּ at the beginning): —

1. a. adverb, as poetic synonym of כְּ, like, as, Exodus 15:5 they went down כמואֿבן like a stone (hence in prose Nehemiah 9:11), Nehemiah 9:8 (Psalm 78:13), Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 51:6 (see כֵּן), Isaiah 26:17 כְּמוֺ חָרָח תַּקְרִיב לָלֶרֶת (see כְּ 1c (2), on the construct: so Isaiah 41:25; Psalm 58:5,8a,9), Isaiah 26:18 we have brought forth the like of, as it were, wind, Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 15:18; Jeremiah 50:26; Ezekiel 16:57 (כמו עת as at the time of: see כְּ Note), Hosea 7:4; Hosea 8:12; Hosea 13:7; Habakkuk 3:14 (as it were), Zechariah 9:15; Zechariah 10:2,7 (as with wine: see ib.) Elsewhere chiefly in Psalms (19 t.) and Job (11 t.), as Psalm 29:6; Psalm 61:7; Psalm 63:6; Psalm 78:69; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 88:6; Psalm 90:9; Job 6:15; Job 10:22 (twice in verse); Job 12:3 כמו אלה the like of these things, Job 14:9; Songs 6:10; Songs 7:2; Lamentations 4:6 כמו רגע (in prose כרגע). Repeated, like כְּ ֗֗֗ כְּ, Psalm 58:10; and answered by כֵּן Isaiah 26:17. — Psalm 58:8b כמו יתמוללו, as it were is against usage of כמו (with a verb), and yields a lame sense: read perhaps ׳ית [חָצִיר] כמו (Lag Che); Psalm 73:15 if I said, אֲסַמְּרָה כְמ֑וֺ, the text is untranslateable, the rendering thus for כמו being indefensible: probably הֵנָּה has dropped out before the following ׃הִנֵּה for כְּמוֺ הֵנָּה the like of these things, compare Job 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה, and Job 12:3 above

b. conjunction = כַּאֲשֶׁר: (a) of time, once, Genesis 19:15 כְּמוֺ עָלָה הַשַּׁחַר when the dawn arose; (β) of mode, according as, Zechariah 10:8 וְרָבוּ כְּמוֺ רָבוּ Proverbs 23:7 (answered by כֵּן). — For

2 (before suffixes), see עכּ.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
according to, such as it were, well as, in comparison of, like as, to, unto, thus,

Or kamow {kaw-mo'}; a form of the prefix "k-", but used separately (compare ken); as, thus, so -- according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.

see HEBREW ken

Forms and Transliterations
וְכָמֹהוּ֩ וּכְמ֥וֹ וּכְמוֹ֙ וכמהו וכמו כְּ֭מוֹהֶם כְּֽמוֹ־ כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם כְּמ֖וֹ כְּמ֗וֹ כְּמ֣וֹ כְּמ֤וֹ כְּמ֥וֹ כְּמוֹ־ כְמ֑וֹ כְמוֹ־ כְמוֹהֶ֔ם כָ֫מ֥וֹךָ כָּמ֑וֹךָ כָּמ֔וֹךָ כָּמ֖וֹהָ כָּמ֖וֹךָ כָּמ֗וֹךָ כָּמ֙וֹךָ֙ כָּמ֙וֹנִי֙ כָּמ֣וֹהָ כָּמ֣וֹךָ כָּמ֣וֹנִי כָּמ֤וֹנִי כָּמ֥וֹהָ כָּמ֥וֹךָ כָּמ֧וֹנִי כָּמֹ֑הוּ כָּמֹ֔הוּ כָּמֹ֔נִי כָּמֹ֖הוּ כָּמֹ֖כָה כָּמֹ֖נִי כָּמֹ֖נוּ כָּמֹ֗הוּ כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ כָּמֹ֜הוּ כָּמֹ֣נִי כָּמֹ֥הוּ כָּמֹֽהוּ׃ כָּמֹֽנִי׃ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃ כָּמֽוֹךָ׃ כָּמֽוֹנִי׃ כָּמוֹךָ֒ כָֽמ֖וֹךָ כָמ֑וֹךָ כָמ֖וֹהָ כָמ֖וֹךָ כָמ֖וֹנוּ כָמ֗וֹךָ כָמ֙וֹךָ֙ כָמ֙וֹנִי֙ כָמ֛וֹךָ כָמ֛וֹנִי כָמ֣וֹנִי כָמ֥וֹךָ כָמֹ֔נוּ כָמֹ֖הוּ כָמֹ֖נוּ כָמֹ֗הוּ כָמֹ֙הוּ֙ כָמֹ֛הוּ כָמֹ֣הוּ כָמֹ֤כָה כָמֽוֹךָ׃ כָמֽוֹנִי׃ כמהו כמהו׃ כמו כמו־ כמוה כמוהם כמוך כמוך׃ כמוכם כמונו כמוני כמוני׃ כמכה כמנו כמני כמני׃ chaMocha chaMochah chaMoha chaMohu chaMoni chaMonu cheMo chemoHem chemov kā·mō·hū ḵā·mō·hū kā·mō·ḵāh ḵā·mō·ḵāh kā·mō·nî kā·mō·nū ḵā·mō·nū kā·mō·w·hā ḵā·mō·w·hā kā·mō·w·ḵā ḵā·mō·w·ḵā kā·mō·w·nî ḵā·mō·w·nî ḵā·mō·w·nū kaMocha kaMochah kaMoha kaMohu kāmōhū ḵāmōhū kāmōḵāh ḵāmōḵāh kaMoni kāmōnî kaMonu kāmōnū ḵāmōnū kāmōwhā ḵāmōwhā kāmōwḵā ḵāmōwḵā kāmōwnî ḵāmōwnî ḵāmōwnū kə·mō·w·hem ḵə·mō·w·hem kə·mō·w·ḵem kə·mōw ḵə·mōw kə·mōw- ḵə·mōw- keMo kemoChem Kemohem kemov kəmōw ḵəmōw kəmōw- ḵəmōw- kəmōwhem ḵəmōwhem kəmōwḵem ū·ḵə·mōw ucheMo ūḵəmōw vechamoHu wə·ḵā·mō·hū wəḵāmōhū
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Genesis 19:15
HEB: וּכְמוֹ֙ הַשַּׁ֣חַר עָלָ֔ה
NAS: When morning dawned,
KJV: And when the morning arose,
INT: When morning dawned

Genesis 34:15
HEB: אִ֚ם תִּהְי֣וּ כָמֹ֔נוּ לְהִמֹּ֥ל לָכֶ֖ם
NAS: you will become like us, in that every
INT: if will become like of you be circumcised every

Genesis 41:39
HEB: נָב֥וֹן וְחָכָ֖ם כָּמֽוֹךָ׃
INT: discerning and wise according to

Genesis 44:15
HEB: אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽנִי׃
NAS: Do you not know that such a man
INT: A man that such

Genesis 44:18
HEB: בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י כָמ֖וֹךָ כְּפַרְעֹֽה׃
INT: your servant for are equal to Pharaoh

Exodus 9:14
HEB: כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין כָּמֹ֖נִי בְּכָל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: that there is no one like Me in all
INT: that there like all the earth

Exodus 9:18
HEB: לֹא־ הָיָ֤ה כָמֹ֙הוּ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם לְמִן־
KJV: hail, such as hath not been in Egypt
INT: has not been been Egypt since

Exodus 9:24
HEB: לֹֽא־ הָיָ֤ה כָמֹ֙הוּ֙ בְּכָל־ אֶ֣רֶץ
INT: none became in all the land

Exodus 10:14
HEB: כֵ֤ן אַרְבֶּה֙ כָּמֹ֔הוּ וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹ֥א
INT: so locusts according to again nor

Exodus 11:6
HEB: מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א נִהְיָ֔תָה
INT: of Egypt before such shall never been

Exodus 15:5
HEB: יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־ אָֽבֶן׃
NAS: into the depths like a stone.
KJV: into the bottom as a stone.
INT: went the depths like A stone

Exodus 15:8
HEB: מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־ נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים
NAS: waters stood up like a heap; The deeps
INT: the waters stood like A heap the flowing

Exodus 15:11
HEB: מִֽי־ כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: Who is like You among the gods,
INT: Who is like the gods LORD

Exodus 15:11
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה מִ֥י כָּמֹ֖כָה נֶאְדָּ֣ר בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
NAS: Who is like You, majestic
INT: LORD Who is like majestic holiness

Exodus 30:32
HEB: לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ כָּמֹ֑הוּ קֹ֣דֶשׁ ה֔וּא
NAS: shall you make [any] like it in the same proportions;
INT: nor make like is holy he

Exodus 30:33
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִרְקַ֣ח כָּמֹ֔הוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִתֵּ֛ן
NAS: shall mix [any] like it or whoever
INT: whoever shall mix like whoever puts

Exodus 30:38
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה כָמ֖וֹהָ לְהָרִ֣יחַ בָּ֑הּ
NAS: shall make [any] like it, to use as perfume,
INT: after shall make like to smell shall be cut

Leviticus 19:18
HEB: וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃
KJV: thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.
INT: shall love your neighbor thyself I the LORD

Leviticus 19:34
HEB: וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ לוֹ֙ כָּמ֔וֹךָ כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים
INT: among shall love according to for were aliens

Numbers 23:10
HEB: וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃
NAS: And let my end be like his!
INT: become my end be like

Deuteronomy 4:32
HEB: א֖וֹ הֲנִשְׁמַ֥ע כָּמֹֽהוּ׃
NAS: or has [anything] been heard like it?
INT: or has been heard like

Deuteronomy 5:14
HEB: עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃
INT: servant servant You

Deuteronomy 5:26
HEB: מִתּוֹךְ־ הָאֵ֛שׁ כָּמֹ֖נוּ וַיֶּֽחִי׃
INT: the midst of the fire as we and lived

Deuteronomy 7:26
HEB: וְהָיִ֥יתָ חֵ֖רֶם כָּמֹ֑הוּ שַׁקֵּ֧ץ ׀ תְּשַׁקְּצֶ֛נּוּ
NAS: into your house, and like it come
INT: come under and like shall utterly detest

Deuteronomy 18:15
HEB: מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ כָּמֹ֔נִי יָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖
NAS: up for you a prophet like me from among
INT: among your countrymen like will raise the LORD

140 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3644
140 Occurrences


ḵā·mō·w·ḵā — 11 Occ.
ḵā·mō·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
ḵā·mō·w·hā — 1 Occ.
ḵā·mō·hū — 6 Occ.
ḵā·mō·w·nî — 6 Occ.
ḵā·mō·nū — 3 Occ.
ḵə·mōw — 1 Occ.
ḵə·mō·w·hem — 1 Occ.
ḵə·mōw- — 9 Occ.
kā·mō·w·ḵā — 18 Occ.
kā·mō·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
kā·mō·w·hā — 3 Occ.
kā·mō·hū — 16 Occ.
kā·mō·nî — 11 Occ.
kā·mō·nū — 1 Occ.
kə·mōw — 18 Occ.
kə·mō·w·ḵem — 1 Occ.
kə·mō·w·hem — 2 Occ.
kə·mōw- — 27 Occ.
ū·ḵə·mōw — 2 Occ.
wə·ḵā·mō·hū — 1 Occ.
















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