The meaning of “רִמּוֹן”
Understanding Rimmôwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (shorter) (רִמֹּן Rimmôn (rimmo-no'); or רִמּוֹנוֹ Rimmôwnôw (rimmo-no'); (1 Chronicles 6:62 (אֶבֶץ)), the same as רִ...
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 19:7 | “Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:” Word: רִמּוֹן (Rimmôwn) | |
| Judges 20:47 | “But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.” Word: רִמּוֹן (Rimmôwn) | |
| 2 Samuel 4:5 | “And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.” Word: רִמּוֹן (Rimmôwn) | |
| 2 Kings 5:18 | “In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.” Word: רִמּוֹן (Rimmôwn) | |
| 1 Chronicles 6:77 | “Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:” Word: רִמּוֹן (Rimmôwn) |