Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine
Derivation: or (shorter) (רִמֹּן; or רִמּוֹנוֹ; (1 Chronicles 6:62 (H77 (אֶבֶץ))), the same as H7416 (רִמּוֹן); in Joshua 19:13: הַמְּתֹאָר is mistaken for part of a name; article with the passive participle of H8388 (תָּאַר); the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains).
KJV Usage: Remmon, Rimmon.
TWOT Reference: 2171
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רִמּוֹן (rim.mon) — Rimmon.
§ Rimmon = "pomegranate" n pr dei the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus
רִמּוֹן (rim.mon) — 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
רִמּוֹן (rim.mon) — (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
רִמּוֹן (rim.mon) — Rimmon. Rimmon = "pomegranate" a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon Another name of a.yin (עַ֫יִן "Ain" H5871G)
רִמּוֹן, רִמּוֹנוֹ (rim.mon) — Rimmon. Rimmon = "pomegranate" a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth Another name of dim.nah (דִּמְנָה "Dimnah" H1829)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of Locations | ≈ רִמֹּון
Rimmono = town, also known as Rimmon; ► for Levites; ◄ territory of Zebulun
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רִמּוֹן n.pr.dei, in Aram. base
רִמּוֹן n.pr.m. in Benj. base
רִמּוֹן n.pr.loc. cliff of R.
in S. Judah
in Zebulun
base
