Lexical Definition

‎רִמּוֹן‎ rimmôwn (rim-mone') pomegranate ^H:N-M
or רִמֹּן rimmôn (rim-mone'); from ‎רָמַם‎

pomegranate.

• a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)

1) pomegranate
1a) as tree
1b) as fruit
1c) as pomegranate shaped ornaments in temple

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎רִמּוֺן‎ noun masculine^{Jer 52:23} pomegranate (foreign word of doubtful origin, compare Löw^No.310 Hom^{A.u. A. 97 ff.}; Aramaic ‎רִימּוֺנָא‎, ‎רוּמָּנָא‎, , Mandean ‎רומאנא‎ Nö^M.123; Arabic (Aramaic loan-word, Frä¹⁴²), Ethiopic ); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 1Sam 14:2 +, ‎רִמֹּן‎ Exod 39:26 (twice in verse); suffix ‎רִמֹּנִי‎ Song 8:2 plural ‎רִמּוֺנִים‎ 1Kgs 7:20 +, etc.; — pomegranate:

1. tree 1Sam 14:2, often + ‎גְּפֶן‎, ‎תְּאֵנָה‎, etc., Num 20:5 (JE), Deut 8:8; Hag 2:19; Joel 1:12; Song 4:13; Song 6:11; Song 7:13*.

2. fruit Num 13:23 (J E; + ‎עֲנָבִים‎, ‎תְּאֵנִים‎); ‎׳‎‎עֲסִיס ר‎ Song 8:2, ‎׳‎‎פֶּלַח הָר‎ (in simile) Song 4:3; Song 6:7.

3. ornaments in temple, shaped like pomegranates (compare in modern Syria = apaulet, Almkvist^{Ki. Beiträge zur Lexicogr., etc.} Nes^{Marg. 12}), 1Kgs 7:18 (on text compare Sta^{ZAW iii (1883), 154 f.} Kit Benz), v1Kgs 7:20 v1Kgs 7:42 v1Kgs 7:42 || 2Chr 3:16; 2Chr 4:13 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 25:17 = Jer 52:22; Jer 52:22; Jer 52:23 (twice in verse); so in tabernacle, Exod 28:33; Exod 28:34 (twice in verse); Exod 39:24; Exod 39:25 (twice in verse); Exod 39:26 (twice in verse).

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