or (shorter) Rimmon {rim-mone'}; or Rimmownow (1 Chronicles 6:62 (
H77)) {rim-mo-no'}; the same as
H7416; Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine:--Remmon, Rimmon. The addition "-methoar" (Josh. 19:13) is ham-mthonar {ham-meth-o-awr'}; passive participle of
H8388 with the article; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains; mistaken for part of the name.
Rimmon = "pomegranate" n pr dei
- the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus n pr m
- a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth n pr loc
- the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge
- a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon
- a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth
