Word Study · Strong's H8559 · Hebrew
תָּמָר
Tamar
taw-mawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tâmâr
“Tamar, the name of three women and a place”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
Rendered in the KJV as
Tamar.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- תָּמָ֗ר4
- תָּמָ֣ר3
- תָּמָ֥ר3
- מִתָּמָ֗ר2
- תָּמָ֑ר2
- וְתָמָר֙1
- וְתָמָ֥ר1
- לְתָמָ֨ר1
- לְתָמָ֖ר1
- תָּמֹ֑דּוּ1
- תָמָ֖ר1
- תָמָ֨ר1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Tamar15
- [was] Tamar3
- to Tamar3
- and Tamar2
- [will be] from Tamar1
- from Tamar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)18
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 18
- HC/Npf · 2
- HR/Npf · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HVqi2mp · 1
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel14 of 25 · 56%
- Genesis5 of 25 · 20%
- Ezekiel3 of 25 · 12%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 25 · 8%
- Ruth1 of 25 · 4%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 38:6תָּמָֽר׃tamarproper noun (a name)Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.here: [was] Tamar
- Genesis 38:11לְתָמָ֨רletamarpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.here: to Tamar
- Genesis 38:11תָּמָ֔רtamarproper noun (a name)Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.here: Tamar
- Genesis 38:13לְתָמָ֖רletamarpreposition + proper noun (a name)When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”here: to Tamar
- Genesis 38:24תָּמָ֣רtamarproper noun (a name)About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”here: Tamar
2 Samuel14 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 13:1תָּמָ֑רtamarproper noun (a name)After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.here: [was] Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:2תָּמָ֣רtamarproper noun (a name)Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:4תָּמָ֗רtamarproper noun (a name)so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:5תָמָ֨רtamarproper noun (a name)Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:6תָּמָ֣רtamarproper noun (a name)So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:7תָּמָ֖רtamarproper noun (a name)Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:8תָּמָ֗רtamarproper noun (a name)So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:10תָּמָ֗רtamarproper noun (a name)Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:10תָּמָ֗רtamarproper noun (a name)Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:19תָּמָ֥רtamarproper noun (a name)And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:20תָּמָר֙tamarproper noun (a name)Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:22תָּמָ֥רtamarproper noun (a name)And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 13:32תָּמָ֥רtamarproper noun (a name)But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.here: Tamar
- 2 Samuel 14:27תָּמָ֑רtamarproper noun (a name)Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.here: [was] Tamar
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:4וְתָמָר֙vetamarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.here: and Tamar
- 1 Chronicles 3:9וְתָמָ֥רvetamarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.here: and Tamar
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 47:18תָּמֹ֑דּוּtamoduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralOn the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.here: to Tamar
- Ezekiel 47:19מִתָּמָ֗רmitamarpreposition + proper noun (a name)On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.here: [will be] from Tamar
- Ezekiel 48:28מִתָּמָ֗רmitamarpreposition + proper noun (a name)The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.here: from Tamar
Same headword in Strong's