H7417Hebrewrimmôn

רִמּוֹן

Remmon, Rimmon.

16
Total Occurrences
6
Books
16
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1(n pr dei) the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the syrians of damascus
  • 2(n pr m) a benjamite of beeroth, the father of rechab and baanah, the murderers of ishbosheth
  • 3(n pr loc) the rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 benjamites who escaped the slaughter of gibeah took refuge
  • 4a town in the southern portion of judah allotted to simeon
  • 5a levitical city in zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of nazareth

Etymology & 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).

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Rimmôwn; Pronunciation: rim-mone'