רִמּוֹן

rim.monRimmon
hebrewOld TestamentTitle16 occurrences6 books13 verses
This name belongs to 6 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Rimmon: Father of Baanah and Rechab, murderers of Ish-bosheth
  • Ain: A place on the eastern boundary of the Promised Land
  • Dimnah: A Levitical city in the territory of Zebulun
  • Rimmon: Rock where Benjamites fled after battle
  • Rimmon: A town in Judah and Simeon
  • Rimmon: A Syrian deity worshipped by Naaman

Definition

or (shorter) (רִמֹּן; or רִמּוֹנוֹ; (1 Chronicles 6:62 (77)), the same as H7416; in Joshua 19:13: הַמְּתֹאָר is mistaken for part of a name; article with the passive participle of H8388; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains). Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Remmon, Rimmon.

Glossary entries

Rimmon (Person) Rimmon (Place) Ain Dimnah Remmon Rimmono

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Joshua 15:32וְרִמּ֑וֹן · and Rimmon
    Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
  2. Joshua 19:7רִמּ֖וֹן · Rimmon
    Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
  3. Joshua 19:13רִמּ֥וֹן · to Rimmon
    From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
  4. Judges 20:45הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן · of Rimmon
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
  5. Judges 20:47 (2×)הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן · of Rimmon; רִמּ֔וֹן
    But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
  6. Judges 21:13רִמּ֑וֹן · of Rimmon
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
  7. 2 Samuel 4:2רִמּ֥וֹן · of Rimmon
    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
  8. 2 Samuel 4:5רִמּ֤וֹן · of Rimmon
    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
  9. 2 Samuel 4:9רִמּ֥וֹן · of Rimmon
    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  10. 2 Kings 5:18 (3×)רִמּוֹן֩ · of Rimmon; רִמֹּ֔ן · of Rimmon; רִמֹּ֔ן
    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
  11. 1 Chronicles 4:32רִמּ֥וֹן · Rimmon
    And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:77רִמּוֹנ֖וֹ · Rimmono
    The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
  13. Zechariah 14:10לְרִמּ֔וֹן · to Rimmon
    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.