Word: OENX

Pronounce: rim-mone'

Strong: H7417

Orig: or (shorter) Rimmon \i rim-mone'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; or Rimmownow (1 Chronicles 6:62 (77)) \i rim-mo-no'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; the same as 7416; Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine:--Remmon, Rimmon. The addition "-methoar" (Josh. 19:13) is ham-mthonar \i ham-meth-o-awr'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; passive participle of 8388 with the article; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains; mistaken for part of the name. H77 H7416 H8388

Use: TWOT-2171

Grk Strong:

Rimmon = "pomegranate"

n pr dei
1) the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus

n pr m
2) a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth

n pr loc
3) 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