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

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_2 • A town in Judah and Simeon

Rimmon, a town allotted to Judah and later given to Simeon, was located in the Negev region.

• A location first mentioned at Jos.15.32;
• referred to as Rimmon or Rimmon (KJV= Remmon) רִמּוֹן.
  

Rimmon is mentioned in Joshua 15:32 as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Judah in the Negev region. It is listed among the towns in the southern part of Judah's territory. In Joshua 19:7 and 1 Chronicles 4:32, Rimmon is included in the list of towns given to the tribe of Simeon within Judah's inheritance. This suggests that Rimmon was initially part of Judah's territory but was later assigned to Simeon. The exact location of Rimmon is not specified, but it was situated in the Negev, the southern desert region of Judah.

All entries for Rimmon: רִמּוֹן