כְּמוֹ kemo

Hebrew word for “like” · Strong’s H3644 · used 143 times in 127 verses

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Meaning

adv; 1) like, as, the like of which; conj; 2) when, according as, as it were

Senses in the lexicon

• like (142)
• (Geruth) Chimham (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kemo in context, with how often each is used:

• like 125
• you 4
• like yourself 3
• me 3
• it 3
• as 2
• when 1
• i 1
• kimham 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 58 (4), Exodus 9 (3), Exodus 15 (3), Exodus 30 (3), Zechariah 10 (3), Genesis 44 (2), Leviticus 19 (2), Deuteronomy 5 (2), Deuteronomy 18 (2), 1 Kings 3 (2)

Forms

• כמו 56
• כמוך 29
• כמהו 22
• כמוני 13
• כמני 4
• כמוה 4
• כמנו 3
• כמוהם 3
• וכמו 2
• וכמהו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kemo more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִי mi “who?” 18
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 19
• לֵב lev “heart” 11
• מָה mah “what?” 11
• הֶם hem “them” 9
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 8
• אֵל el “God” 6
• מַי mayim “water” 7
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 8
• אַחַר achar “after” 7
• עַד ad “till” 8
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 8

Key verses

The verses using kemo that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:11 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• Deuteronomy 18:15 — The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
• Deuteronomy 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall…
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
• Job 40:9 — Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order…
• Isaiah 51:6 — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment,…
• Jeremiah 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath…
• Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
• Zechariah 5:3 — Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side…
• Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.