רִמּוֹן

Strong’s Definition

Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine

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).

KJV Usage

Remmon, Rimmon.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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
• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Rimmôwn; Pronunciation: rim-mone'