Strong H7417H7417Bרִמּוֹן
Rimmon
One of the 5 senses of Strong H7417
- Transliteration
- rimmôn rimmôn rimmônô
- Pronunciation
- 1,2 {rim-mone'} rim-mo-no'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Rimmon = "pomegranate"
General definition
The same as H7416; {Rimmon} the name of a Syrian {deity} also of five places in Palestine. The additon of -methoar (the fourth form) is a passive participle of H8388 with the article;
the (one) marked {off} that {is} which pertains; mistaken for part of the name: - {Remmon} Rimmon. The addition -methoar () is המּתאר {hammethô'âr} ham-meth-o-awr; passive participle of H8388 with the article the (one) marked {off} That is6which pertains; mistaken for part of the name.
the (one) marked {off} that {is} which pertains; mistaken for part of the name: - {Remmon} Rimmon. The addition -methoar () is המּתאר {hammethô'âr} ham-meth-o-awr; passive participle of H8388 with the article the (one) marked {off} That is6which pertains; mistaken for part of the name.
In the biblical story
Rimmon
Father of Baanah and Rechab, murderers of Ish-bosheth
Rimmon was a Beerothite and the father of Rechab and Baanah, who murdered Ish-bosheth, Saul's son.
In the Bible
Strong H7417B appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rimmon3
First verses
- 2 Samuel 4:2And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 4:5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
- 2 Samuel 4:9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,