- Original: כּרכּמישׁ - Transliteration: Kark@miysh - Phonetic: kar-kem-eesh' - Definition: Carchemish = fortress of Chemosh 1. a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar - Origin: of foreign derivation - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location - Strong's: Of foreign derivation; Karkemish a place in Syria: - Carchemish. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • Carchemish, 3 2 Chronicles 35:20; Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 46:2