כּוֹמֶר II, to guard, cmp. כֹּהֵן. In Syriac כומרא interchanges with כהנא, v. P. Sm. 1757 s. v.) attendant, priest, always used of idolaters. Kidd. 20ᵇ נעשה כ׳ לע"ז (Arakh. 30ᵇ משרת) became an attendant of an idolatrous temple. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ. Pesik. R. s. 35 יתרו לא כ׳ וכ׳ was not Jethro an idolatrous priest?; a. fr.—Pl. כּוּמָרִים, כּוּמָרִין. Ab. Zar. 51ᵇ בטובת כ׳ for the benefit of the idolatrous priests, opp. עובדיה worshippers; Y. ib. IV, 43ᵈ bot. Erub. 79ᵇ bot. Ms. M. (ed. משרתי ע"ז). Gen. R. s. 65, beg.; a. fr.