The meaning of “רִמּוֹן”

or (shorter) (רִמֹּן Rimmôn (rimmo-no'); or רִמּוֹנוֹ Rimmôwnôw (rimmo-no'); (1 Chronicles 6:62 (אֶבֶץ)), the same as רִמּוֹן; in Joshua 19:13: הַמְּתֹאָר ham-mᵉthôʼâr (hammeth-o-awr') is mistaken for part of a name; article with the passive participle of תָּאַר; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains). Remmon, Rimmon. - § Rimmon = "pomegranate" - Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine 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