Lexical Definition

‎רִמּוֹן‎ Rimmôwn (rim-mone') Rimmon ^N:N-M-T
or (shorter) (רִמֹּן Rimmôn (rimmo-no'); or רִמּוֹנוֹ Rimmôwnôw (rimmo-no'); (1 Chronicles 6:62 (‎אֶבֶץ‎)), the same as ‎רִמּוֹן‎; in Joshua 19:13: הַמְּתֹאָר ham-mᵉthôʼâr (hammeth-o-awr') is mistaken for part of a name; article with the passive participle of ‎תָּאַר‎; the (one) marked off, i.e. which pertains).

Remmon, Rimmon.

• § Rimmon = "pomegranate"
• Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine

n pr dei
1) the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus
n pr m
2) a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth
n pr loc
3) the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge
4) a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon
5) a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth

Extended Information

• the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎רִמּוֺן‎ proper name, of deity, in Aramaic (Old Aramaic ‎רמן‎ in proper name Lzb³⁶⁹ Cook¹⁰⁸; Assyrian Rammânu, god of wind, rain and storm (Schr^{COT 2Kgs 5:18} Zim^{KAT 3, 442 ff.} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 172} Jastr^{Rei. Babylonian 156 ff.}); Sabean ‎רמן‎ (CIS^{iv, no.140, 209} Derenb in Kohut-Studies^{120 ff.}); etymology dubious; √‎רעם‎ thunder Schr; √ ramâmu, roar Dl^{HWB 624 and most}; = 1. ‎רִמּוֺן‎ Hom^{A. u. A. 98}); — ‎׳‎‎בֵּית ר‎ 2Kgs 5:18, ‎בֵּית רִמֹּן‎ v2Kgs 5:18 v2Kgs 5:18 Ρεμμαν[θ]; — see also ‎הֲדַדְרִמּוֺן‎ p. 213, ‎טַבְרִמּוֺן‎ p. 372.

III. ‎רִמּוֺן‎ proper name, masculine in Benjamin, 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 4:5; 2Sam 4:9 Ρεμμων.

Also see: עַיִן | עֵין רִמּוֹן

IV. ‎רִמּוֺן‎

proper name, of a location 1. in ‎סֶלַע הָרִמּוֺן‎ cliff of R. Judg 20:45; Judg 20:47, ‎רִמּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ vJudg 20:47; Judg 21:13 Ρεμμων; = modern cliff Rammôn, east from Bethel, Buhl^{G 100}, compare GFM^{Judg 2 0, 45.}

2. in southern Judah, ‎׳‎‎עַיִן וְר‎ Josh 15:32 ‎׳‎‎עַיִן ר‎ Josh 19:7 (both P), 1Chr 4:32 = ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Zech 14:10 Ρεμμων[θ], etc.; see ‎עַיִן‎ 2, p. 745, and ‎עֵין רִמּוֺן‎.

3. in Zebulun Josh 19:13 (Ρεμμωνα(μ)), = ‎רִמּוֺנוֺ‎ 1Chr 6:62* (Ρεμμων); + Josh 21:35 (read ‎רִמֹּנָה‎ for ‎דִּמְנָה‎ Di Benn Steuern); modern Rummâne, approximately 6 miles east of north from Nazareth (Buhl^{G 221}).

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Rimmon_1 • Rock where Benjamites fled after battle

Rimmon was a rock where 600 Benjamite survivors fled after a battle with the other Israelite tribes (Jdg. 20:45, 47; 21:13).

• A location first mentioned at Jdg.20.45;
• only referred to as Rimmon רִמּוֹן.
  

Rimmon, meaning "pomegranate," was a rock or cliff where 600 Benjamite men fled after a battle with the other Israelite tribes. The conflict arose when the Benjamites refused to surrender the men of Gibeah who had committed a heinous crime (Jdg. 19-20). In the ensuing battle, the Benjamites were defeated, and the survivors escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed for four months (Jdg. 20:45, 47). Later, the Israelites sent a peace delegation to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon, urging them to return (Jdg. 21:13). The exact location of the rock of Rimmon is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the territory of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem.

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