rimon · Rimmon

What it means

rimon (רִמּוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Rimmon”.

The name of a god of the Syrians and of several towns, among them one of Judah in the Negev. The name means "pomegranate," the fruit.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Rimmon ×15
• Rimmono ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×3
• Judges×4
• 2 Samuel×3
• 2 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×2
• Zechariah×1

• Joshua 15:32

  Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: twenty-nine cities in all, with their villages.

• Joshua 19:7

  Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities with their villages;

• Joshua 19:13

  and from there it passed along eastward, toward the sunrise, to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and went out to Rimmon, turning to Neah;

• Judges 20:45

  And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the crag of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them on the highways five thousand men, and they pursued closely after him as far as Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.

• Judges 20:47

  But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the crag of Rimmon, and they stayed at the crag of Rimmon four months.

• Judges 21:13

  And the whole community sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the crag of Rimmon, and proclaimed to them peace.

• 2 Samuel 4:2

  The son of Saul had two men, commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is counted as part of Benjamin.

• 2 Samuel 4:5

  The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he was lying down for the midday rest.

• 2 Samuel 4:9

  David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As YHWH lives, who has rescued my life from all distress,

• 2 Kings 5:18

  In this matter may YHWH pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may YHWH pardon your servant in this matter.”

• 1 Chronicles 4:32

  And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

• 1 Chronicles 6:77

  To the sons of Merari who remained, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands;

• Zechariah 14:10

  All the land will be turned like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it will be lifted high and will dwell in its place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Gate of the Corners, and from the Tower of Hananel to the winepresses of the king.

And 3 more times.