Word Study · Strong's H7417 · Hebrew
רִמּוֹן
Rimmon
rim-mone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rimmôwn
“Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Remmon, Rimmon.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- רִמּ֥וֹן4
- הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן2
- רִמֹּ֔ן2
- וְרִמּ֑וֹן1
- לְרִמּ֔וֹן1
- רִמּ֖וֹן1
- רִמּ֔וֹן1
- רִמּ֑וֹן1
- רִמּ֤וֹן1
- רִמּוֹן֩1
- רִמּוֹנ֖וֹ1
How it is rendered · 5
- Rimmon11
- the Rimmon2
- and Rimmon1
- Rimmono1
- to Rimmon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- proper noun (a name)6
- proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)3
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HNpm · 3
- HNpt · 3
- HTd/Npl · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Judges4 of 16 · 25%
- Joshua3 of 16 · 19%
- 2 Samuel3 of 16 · 19%
- 2 Kings3 of 16 · 19%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 16 · 13%
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Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 15:32וְרִמּ֑וֹןverimonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.here: and Rimmon
- Joshua 19:7רִמּ֖וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,here: Rimmon
- Joshua 19:13רִמּ֥וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.here: Rimmon
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 20:45הָֽרִמּ֔וֹןharimonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the Rimmon
- Judges 20:47הָֽרִמּ֔וֹןharimonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.here: the Rimmon
- Judges 20:47רִמּ֔וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.here: Rimmon
- Judges 21:13רִמּ֑וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.here: Rimmon
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 4:2רִמּ֥וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)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,here: Rimmon
- 2 Samuel 4:5רִמּ֤וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)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.here: Rimmon
- 2 Samuel 4:9רִמּ֥וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)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,here: Rimmon
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:18רִמּוֹן֩rimonproper noun (a name)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.”here: Rimmon
- 2 Kings 5:18רִמֹּ֔ןrimonproper noun (a name)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.”here: Rimmon
- 2 Kings 5:18רִמֹּ֔ןrimonproper noun (a name)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.”here: Rimmon
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:32רִמּ֥וֹןrimonproper noun (a name)And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—here: Rimmon
- 1 Chronicles 6:77רִמּוֹנ֖וֹrimonoproper noun (a name)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.here: Rimmono
Same headword in Strong's