רִמּוֹןrimmôwn
pomegranate
Pronunciation: rim-mone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7416
Meanings
1. tree (1 Samuel 14:2; Numbers 20:5; Deuteronomy 8:8)
2. fruit (Numbers 13:23; Song of Solomon 8:2; Song of Solomon 4:3)
3. ornaments in temple, shaped like pomegranates (1 Kings 7:18; 1 Kings 7:20; 1 Kings 7:42)
Same root
- רָמַםrâmam · H7426to rise (literally or figuratively)
- גַּת־רִמּוֹןGath-Rimmôwn · H1667Gath-Rimmon, a place in Palestine
- עֵין רִמּוֹןʻÊyn Rimmôwn · H5884En-Rimmon, a place in Palestine
- רִמּוֹןRimmôwn · H7417Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine
- רִמֹּן פֶּרֶץRimmôn Perets · H7428Rimmon-Perets, a place in the Desert
Where it appears
Appears 32 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 28:33 Make pomegranates out of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
- Exodus 28:34 The gold bells and pomegranates are to alternate all around the hem.
- Exodus 39:24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
- Exodus 39:25 They also made bells of pure gold and placed them between the pomegranates along the hem of the robe,
- Exodus 39:26 with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 13:23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).