Chemosh

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Chemosh
     the destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites
     (Num. 21:29; Jer. 48:7, 13, 46). The worship of this god, "the
     abomination of Moab," was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1
     Kings 11:7), but was abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:13). On the
     "Moabite Stone" (q.v.), Mesha (2 Kings 3:5) ascribes his


     victories over the king of Israel to this god, "And Chemosh
     drove him before my sight."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Chemosh, handling; stroking; taking away