Rimmon רִמּוֹן

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Rimmon
רִמּוֹן
Transliterationrimmon
Strong's numberH7417 (H7417C, H7417A, H7417B, H7417H, H7417G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
Gloss(Rock of) Rimmon
Occurrences16 in 13 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (3)

Rimmon (Hebrew רִמּוֹן, Strong's H7417) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “(Rock of) Rimmon”. It occurs 16 times.

Definition

H7417C: (Rock of) Rimmon

§ Rimmon = "pomegranate"
the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge

H7417A: Rimmon

§ Rimmon = "pomegranate"
n pr dei
the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus

H7417B: Rimmon

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.2;
father of: Baanah (H1196), Rechab (H7394)
§ Rimmon = "pomegranate"
a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth

H7417H: Rimmon

Rimmon = "pomegranate"
a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth
Another name of dim.nah (דִּמְנָה "Dimnah" H1829)

H7417G: Rimmon

Rimmon = "pomegranate"
a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon
Another name of a.yin (עַ֫יִן "Ain" H5871G)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVrimmon (14), remmon (1), remmon methoar (1)
BSBrimmon (13)

Verses

Every verse with Rimmon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Joshua

Judges

2 Samuel

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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