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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רִמֹּון

רִמֹּון

H7417

Transliteration: Rimmôwn

Pronunciation: rim-mone'

Definition: Remmon


Original: רמּונו רמּן רמּון

Transliteration: rimmôn rimmôn rimmônô

Phonetic: rim-mone'

BDB Definition:

Rimmon = "pomegranate"
  1. the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus (noun proper deity)
  2. a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth (noun proper masculine)
  3. the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge (noun proper locative)
  4. a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon (noun proper locative)
  5. a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth (noun proper locative)

Origin: the same as H7416" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7416

TWOT entry: 2171

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