Chemarim

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Chemarim
     black, (Zeph. 1:4; rendered "idolatrous priests" in 2 Kings
     23:5, and "priests" in Hos. 10:5). Some derive this word from
     the Assyrian Kamaru, meaning "to throw down," and interpret it
     as describing the idolatrous priests who prostrate themselves
     before the idols. Others regard it as meaning "those who go


     about in black," or "ascetics."