[1] Komare is the plural of Kumra, which means priest in Aramaic, while Choneitai is the Greek plural of the Canaanite Kohen, which means priest.
[3] They were first mentioned in an inscription from Dura-Europos,[4] when in 33 BC, Maliku son of Ramu from the Komare in association with a member of the Gaddibol tribe built a temple for Bel and Yarhibol in that city,[5] which contained a Palmyrene trade colony.
[6] The Komare were one of the main four tribes in Palmyra which constituted the nucleus of the city's society.
[7] The tribe was devoted to the cult of the gods Aglibol and Malakbel,[8] and were connected with those deities temple known as the Holy Garden.
[9][4] The Komare were involved in the Palmyrene caravan trade and its merchants were attested in Babylon.