Strongs Number: H7417
- Hebrew Word
- רִמּוֹן
- Transliteration
- Rimmôwn
- Phonetic
- rim-mone'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
{Rimmon} the name of a Syrian {deity} also of five places in Palestine. The additon of
-methoar
(the fourth form) is a passive participle of H8388 with the article; the (one) marked {off} that {is} which pertains; mistaken for part of the name - BDB Definition
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Rimmon = "pomegranate" n pr dei
1. the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus n pr m
2. a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth n pr loc
3. the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge
4. a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon
5. a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth
- Origin
- The same as H7416
- Bible Usage
-
{Remmon} Rimmon. The addition
-methoar
() is המּתאר {hammethô'âr} ham-meth-o-awr; passive participle of H8388 with the article the (one) marked {off} That is6which pertains; mistaken for part of the name.