BDB6025
עֵין רִמּוֺן proper name [of a location] in post-exile Judah Neh 11:29 ( A (εν)Πεμμιον), probably = III. עַיִן 2 q. v. and רִמּוֺן Zech 14:10.
Strong's Lexicon
H7416
H7416 — רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H7416 |
|---|---|
| Word: | רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H7426 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 32 |
| Transliteration: | rimmown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | rim-mone' (or rimmon {rim-mone'}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament) |
| KJV Renderings: | pomegranate. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB7954
I. רִמּוֺן noun masculine Jer 52:23 pomegranate (foreign word of doubtful origin, compare LöwNo.310 HomA.u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaic רִימּוֺנָא, רוּמָּנָא, [untranscribed source text 5084], Mandean רומאנא NöM.123; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5085] (Aramaic loan-word, Frä142), Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5086] ); — absolute ׳ ר 1Sam 14:2 +, רִמֹּן Exod 39:26 (twice in verse); suffix רִמֹּנִי Song 8:2 plural רִמּוֺנִים 1Kgs 7:20 +, etc.; — pomegranate:
1. tree
1Sam 14:2, often + גְּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, etc., Num 20:5 (
J
E
), Deut 8:8;
Hag 2:19; Joel 1:12; Song 4:13; Song 6:11; Song 7:13.
2. fruit Num 13:23 (
J
E
; + עֲנָבִים, תְּאֵנִים); ׳
עֲסִיס ר
Song 8:2, ׳
פֶּלַח הָר (in simile) Song 4:3; Song 6:7.
3. ornaments in temple, shaped like pomegranates (compare
[untranscribed source text 5087] in modern Syria = apaulet, AlmkvistKi. Beiträge zur Lexicogr.,
etc.
NesMarg. 12), 1Kgs 7:18 (on text compare
StaZAW iii (1883), 154 f.
Kit
Benz), 1Kgs 7:20 1Kgs 7:42 1Kgs 7:42 || 2Chr 3:16; 2Chr 4:13 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 25:17 = Jer 52:22; Jer 52:22; Jer 52:23 (twice in verse); so in
tabernacle, Exod
28:33; Exod
28:34 (twice in verse); Exod 39:24; Exod 39:25 (twice in verse); Exod 39:26 (twice in verse).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke