Lexicon :: Strong's H3760 - karmel

כַּרְמֶל

Transliteration

karmel

Pronunciation

kar-mel'

Part of Speech

proper locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

The same as כַּרְמֶל (H3759)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1042

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כַּרְמֶל Karmel, kar-mel'; the same as H3759; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine:—Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H3760 in the following manner: Carmel (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H3760 in the following manner: Carmel (26x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Carmel = "garden-land"
1. a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa
2. a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

כַּרְמֶל Karmel, kar-mel'; the same as H3759; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine:—Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3760: Abbreviations

† II. כַּרְמֶל proper name, of a mountain and city Carmel: —

1. mountain-promontory on Mediterranean, with fertile slopes, Tel el-Amarna (Ginti-)Kirmil, Jastr^{JBL xi. 1892, 115}; Joshua 19:26, הַרהַֿכּ׳ 1 Kings 18:19, 20; 2 Kings 2:25; 2 Kings 4:25; ראֹשׁ הַכּ׳ Amos 1:2; Amos 9:3; 1 Kings 18:42; with article also Joshua 12:22; and, + בָּשָׁן, Jeremiah 50:19, as pasturage (in figurative of Israel as flock of י׳), compare (כ׳ without article) Micah 7:14 (less probably rend. garden-land, I. כַּרְמִל, so We GASm); הַכּ׳ Isaiah 35:2 (+ הַלְּבָּנוֺן הַשָּׁרוֺן) כ׳ Isaiah 33:9 (+ לְבָנוֺן הַשָּׁרוֺן and בָּשָׁן, marking extent of land), Nahum 1:4 (+ לְבָנוֺן בָּשָׁן); כְּכַרְמֶל בַּיָּם Jeremiah 46:18 (simile of Nebuchadnezzar); Cant 7:6 ראֹשֵׁךְ עָלַיִךְ כַּכּ׳ (but see כַּרְמִיל); — on Carmel see GASm^{G. 337 ff.} Buhl^{G. 23.}

2. city, 3 hours south of Hebron, כַּרְמֶל Joshua 15:55; בַּכּ׳ 1 Samuel 25:2 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 25:7; כַּרְמֶ֫לָה 1 Samuel 25:5 (= to Carmel); הַכַּרְמֶ֫לָה 1 Samuel 15:12; 1 Samuel 25:40. — Modern Kurmul, Rob^{BR i. 492-498, ii. 97} Buhl^{G. 163}.

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