Tamar תָּמָר
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| תָּמָר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tamar |
| Strong's number | H8558 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | palm |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Song of Solomon (2) |
Tamar (Hebrew תָּמָר, Strong's H8558) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “palm”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
palm tree, date palm
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | trees (6), tree (4), palm (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | palms (4), palm trees (3), palm (2), palm tree (2), like a palm tree (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tamar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 15:27And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 23:40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Numbers
- Numbers 33:9And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 8:15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
Psalms
- Psalm 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
- Song of Solomon 7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
Joel
- Joel 1:12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).