Chemosh (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔‎, romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known in the Hebrew Bible as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages.

Since numbers are sometimes used as name-components (as for Bathsheba), Jo Ann Hackett has suggested that the derivation of CHEMISH is from Hebrew ḥameš חמש “five,” possibly because CHEMISH was the 5th generation from L EHI.

Aug 7, 2019 · Chemosh was the national deity of the Moabites whose name most likely meant "destroyer," "subduer," or "fish god." While he is most readily associated with the Moabites, according to Judges 11:24 he seems to have been the national deity of the Ammonites as well.

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Chemish—Nephite record keeper, son of Omni. receives plates from brother, Amaron, Omni 1:8. writes few things, Omni 1:9. father of Abinadom, Omni 1:10.Omni 1:10.

Sep 19, 2008 · Chemish is a character from the Book of Mormon. Likely the son of Omni, he wrote a brief annotation in Book of Omni. He is most noted for keeping the Small Plates of Nephi given to him by his his brother Amaron.

Chemish was a Nephite record keeper, who, according to Nephite custom and religious commandment, continued the lineage of scripture historians that extended back to the prophet Nephi. Son to Omni and brother to Amaron, he is mentioned in the Book of Omni, one of the books comprising the small plates of Nephi within the Book of Mormon.

In the Hebrew Bible, Chemosh is depicted as a false god, worshiped by the Moabites and, at times, by Israelites who fell into idolatry. Cultural and Historical Background: Chemosh was the chief god of the Moabites, a people who lived east of the Dead Sea.

CHEMISH. The son of Omni, a descendant of Jacob, the son of Lehi. He received the sacred records from his brother Amaron, in the year 280 B. C. His entire writings only consist of sixty-nine words, and from them we can gather nothing regarding his private life, the history of his times, nor for how long a period he retained the plates.

Chemish —a custodian of the small plates of Nephi (see Omni 1:8–10); his name is found on an ancient seal. Hagoth —a Nephite shipbuilder (see Alma 63:5); his name appears on an Ammonite seal that predates the exile of the Israelites (about 587 BC). Himni —one of Mosiah’s four sons (see, for example, Mosiah 27:34 and