רִמּוֹןRimmôwn
רִמּוֺן: proper name [of deity]: in Aramaic (2 Kings 5:18)
Pronunciation: rim-mone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7417
Meanings
רִמּוֺן: proper name, masculine: in Benjamin (2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:5; 2 Samuel 4:9)
רִמּוֺן: 1. in סֶלַע הָרִמּוֺן cliff of Rimmon (Judges 20:45; Judges 20:47; Judges 21:13)
2. in southern Judah (Joshua 15:32; Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32)
3. in Zebulun (Joshua 19:13; 1 Chronicles 6:62; Joshua 21:35)
Same root
- אֶבֶץʼEbets · H77Ebets, a place in Palestine
- רִמּוֹןrimmôwn · H7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
- תָּאַרtâʼar · H8388to delineate; reflex. to extend
- הֲדַדְרִמּוֹןHădadrimmôwn · H1910Hadad-Rimmon, a place in Palestine
- טַבְרִמּוֹןṬabrimmôwn · H2886Tabrimmon, a Syrian
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages.
- Joshua 19:7 It also included Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four towns with their villages,
- Joshua 19:13 Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah.
- Judges 20:45 The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.
- Judges 20:47 leaving only 600 men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months.
- Judges 21:13 The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the remaining people of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon.
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).