- Original: רמּונו רמּן רמּון
- Transliteration: Rimmown
- Phonetic: rim-mone'
- Definition: 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
- TWOT entry: 2171
- Part(s) of speech:
- Strong's: the same as
H7416 ; 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: - Remmon Rimmon. The addition -methoar (
Joshua 19:13) 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.
Total KJV Occurrences: 16
• Remmon, 2
Joshua 19:7;
Joshua 19:13
• Rimmon, 14
Joshua 15:32;
Judges 20:45;
Judges 20:47(2);
Judges 21:13;
2 Samuel 4:2;
2 Samuel 4:5;
2 Samuel 4:9;
2 Kings 5:18(3);
1 Chronicles 4:32;
1 Chronicles 6:77;
Zechariah 14:10