Strong's Lexicon

H7417

H7417 — רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹנוֹ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewRimmownName/l.Occurrences: 16TWOT: 2171

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7417
Word:	רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹן רִמּוֹנוֹ
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	the same as H7416
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	Rimmown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	rim-mone' (or (shorter) Rimmon {rim-mone'} or Rimmownow (1 Chronicles 6) n/l.
Meaning:	1. Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Israel
KJV Renderings:	Remmon, Rimmon. The addition "-methoar" (Josh. 19

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BDB7955

II. רִמּוֺן proper name [of deity], in Aramaic (Old Aramaic רמן in proper name Lzb³⁶⁹ Cook¹⁰⁸; Assyrian Rammânu, god of wind, rain and storm (Schr^{COT 2Kgs 5:18} Zim^{KAT 3, 442 ff.} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 172} Jastr^{Rei. Babylonian 156 ff.}); Sabean רמן ( CIS^{iv, no.140, 209} Derenb in Kohut-Studies^{120 ff.}); etymology dubious; √רעם thunder Schr; √ ramâmu , roar Dl^{HWB 624 and most}; = 1. רִמּוֺן Hom^{A. u. A. 98}); — ׳ בֵּית ר 2Kgs 5:18, בֵּית רִמֹּן 2Kgs 5:18 2Kgs 5:18 Ρεμμαν[θ]; — see also הֲדַדְרִמּוֺן p. 213, טַבְרִמּוֺן p. 372.

BDB7956

III. רִמּוֺן proper name, masculine in Benjamin, 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 4:5; 2Sam 4:9 Ρεμμων.

BDB7957

IV. רִמּוֺן proper name [of a location]

1. in סֶלַע הָרִמּוֺן cliff of Rimmon Judg 20:45; Judg 20:47, רִמּוֺן ׳ ס Judg 20:47; Judg 21:13 Ρεμμων; = modern cliff Rammôn, east from Bethel, Buhl^{G 100}, compare GFM^{Judg 2 0, 45.}

2. in southern Judah, ׳ עַיִן וְר Josh 15:32 ׳ עַיִן ר Josh 19:7 (both P ), 1Chr 4:32 = ׳ ר Zech 14:10 Ρεμμων[θ], etc.; see עַיִן 2, p. 745, and עֵין רִמּוֺן.

3. in Zebulun Josh 19:13 (Ρεμμωνα(μ)), = רִמּוֺנוֺ 1Chr 6:62 ( Ρεμμων); + Josh 21:35 (read רִמֹּנָה for דִּמְנָה Di Benn Steuern); modern Rummâne, approximately 6 miles east of north from Nazareth (Buhl^{G 221}).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke