Home›Strong's concordance›H3646

כַּמֹּן H3646

H3646 is the Hebrew word כַּמֹּן, transliterated kammôn and said kam-mone'. The King James Version most often renders it cummin.

Word: כַּמֹּןTransliteration: kammônSaid: kam-mone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 2 verses

What it means

'cummin' (from its use as a condiment).

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to store up or preserve.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 3 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

cummin 3×

Strong's own list of renderings: cummin.

Verses using כַּמֹּן

All 2 verses, quoted in full.

Isaiah 28:25 · KJV

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

Isaiah 28:27 · KJV

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3646 mean?

H3646 is the Hebrew word כַּמֹּן (kammôn), meaning 'cummin' (from its use as a condiment).

How is H3646 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it cummin (3 times).

How many times does H3646 appear in the Bible?

כַּמֹּן (kammôn) is tagged in 2 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3646 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to store up or preserve.

Nearby entries

H3643 · כִּמְהָם — Kimham, an Israelite H3644 · כְּמוֹ — a form of the prefix 'k-', but used…H3645 · כְּמוֹשׁ — Kemosh, the god of the Moabites H3647 · כָּמַס — to store away, i.e. (figuratively) in the memory H3648 · כָּמַר — properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e…H3649 · כָּמָר — properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with…

Strong's concordance →