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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53675" /> == | | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7768" /> == |
| <p> < strong> [[Rimmon]] </strong> (god) . <em> Rimmon </ em> is the Hebraized form of < em> Rammân </em> , the Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] air-, weather-, and storm god assimilated by popular etymology to the word for ‘pomegranate.’ He is mentioned, however ( in 2 Kings 5:18 ) , not as a Palestinian or Babylonian, but as a Syrian, deity, who was honoured as the chief god of Damascus. [[ Elsewhere]] there are many Indications that the chief Aramæan divinity was called by that people not Rimmon or Rammân, but <strong> [[ Hadad]] </strong> (wh. see). Rammân (meaning the thunderer) was, in fact , indigenous in Babylonia, where he played a great mythological and religious rôle, in his twofold aspect of a beneficent deity, as the giver of rain, and of a maleficent, as the maker of storms and the wielder of the thunderbolt. His symbol was the axe and a bundle of lightning-darts. He was thus in some features the analogue of [[ Zeus]] or [[ Jupiter]] and Thor. </p> <p> In Assyria, both the [[ Aram]] [Note: ram Aramaic.] , and the Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] forms of the name were current (see Hadad). The currency of the latter among the Hebrews (as <em> Rimmon </em> ) is to be attributed to the long [[ Babylonian]] occupation of [[Palestine]] before Aramæan times. The same combination as the [[Assyrian]] is indicated in the Biblical Hadad-rimmon (wh. see). </p> <p> [[ J.]] [[ F.]] McCurdy. < /p> < p> The emblem of Rammân was the bull, and the widespread cult of the air-god may have had something to do with nationalizing the worship of [[Jahweh]] as represented by that animal. Cf. also the name <strong> Tab-rimmon </strong> . </p> <p> [[ J.]] [[ F.]] McCurdy. </p> | | <p> ( רמּון , <i> ''''' rimmōn ''''' < /i> , "pomegranate"; see [[Rimmon -Perez]] ) : </ p> < p> ( 1) A S yrian god. [[ Naaman]] the [[ Syrian]] leper after being cured is troubled over the fact that he will still have to bow down in the house of the Syrian god, Rimmon, when his master goes into the house to worship leaning on his hand ( 2 Kings 5:18 ). [[ Elisha]] answers him ambiguously: "Go in peace." [[ Judging]] from Naaman's position and this incident, [[ Rimmon]] must have been one of the leading gods of the [[ Syrians]] worshipped in Damascus. He has been identified with Rammanu, the [[Assyrian]] god of wind, rain and storm. The name appears in the Syrian personal names [[ Hadadrimmon]] and [[ Tabrimmon]] (which see) and its meaning is dubious ( < i> ''''' ramâmu ''''' < /i> , "to thunder" (?)) </p> <p> (2) A B enjamite of Beeroth, whose sons [[ Baanah]] and [[ Rechab]] assassinated Ish-bosheth ( 2 Samuel 4:2 , 2 Samuel 4:5 , 2 Samuel 4:9 ). </p> |
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7777" /> == | | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_58344" /> == |
| <p> ''''' rim´on ''''' : </p> <p> (1) The rock Rimmon ( רמון סלע , <i> ''''' ṣela‛ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' rimmōn ''''' </i> ; ἡ πέτρα Ῥεμμών , <i> ''''' hē ''''' </i> <i> ''''' pétra ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Rhemmṓn ''''' </i> ): The place of refuge of the 600 surviving Benjamites of [[Gibeah]] ( <i> ''''' Jeba‛ ''''' </i> ) who "turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months" ( Judges 20:45 , Judges 20:47; Judges 21:13 ). Robinson's identification ( <i> [[Rb]] </i> , [[I,]] 440) has been very generally accepted. He found a conical and very prominent hill some 6 miles North-Northeast of <i> '''''Jeba‛''''' </i> upon which stands a village called <i> '''''Rummōn''''' </i> . This site was known to [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] [[(Os]] 146 6; 287 98), who describe it as 15 Roman miles from Jerusalem. Another view, which would locate the place of refuge of the Benjamites in the <i> '''''Mughāret''''' </i> <i> '''''el''''' </i> <i> '''''jai''''' </i> , a large cavern on the south of the <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''Suweinı̂t''''' </i> , near <i> '''''Jeba‛''''' </i> , is strongly advocated by Rawnsley and Birch (see <i> [[Pef]] </i> , [[Iii,]] 137-48). The latter connects this again with 1 Samuel 14:2 , where Saul, accompanied by his 600, "abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah" under the pomegranate tree (Rimmon). </p> <p> (2) ( רמּון , <i> ''''' rimmōn ''''' </i> ; Ἐρεμμών , <i> ''''' Eremmṓn ''''' </i> , or Ῥεμμώθ , <i> ''''' Rhemmṓth ''''' </i> ): [[A]] city in the Negeb, near the border of Edom, ascribed to Judah ( Joshua 15:32 ) and to [[Simeon]] ( Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32 , the King James Version "Remmon"). In Zechariah 14:10 it is mentioned as the extreme South of Judah - "from [[Geba]] to Rimmon, South of Jerusalem." In the earlier references Rimmon occurs in close association with <i> '''''‛Ain''''' </i> (a spring), and in Nehemiah 11:29 , what is apparently the same place, <i> '''''‛Ain''''' </i> <i> '''''rimmon''''' </i> , is called <i> '''''En''''' </i> - <i> '''''rimmon''''' </i> (which see). </p> <p> (3) ( רמּון , <i> ''''' rimmōn ''''' </i> ( Joshua 19:13 ), רמונה , <i> '''''rimmōnāh''''' </i> , in some [[Hebrew]] manuscripts דּמנה , <i> '''''dimāh''''' </i> (see [[Dimnah]] ) ( Joshua 21:35 ), and רמּונו , <i> '''''rimmōnō''''' </i> ( 1 Chronicles 6:77 )): In the King James Version we have "Remmon-methoar" in Joshua 19:13 , but the Revised Version (British and American) translates the latter as "which stretcheth." This was a city on the border of [[Zebulun]] ( Joshua 19:13 ) allotted to the [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:35 , "Dimnah"; 1 Chronicles 6:77 ). The site is now the little village of <i> '''''Rummāneh''''' </i> on a low ridge South of the western end of the marshy plain <i> '''''el''''' </i> <i> '''''Baṭṭauf''''' </i> in Galilee; there are many rock-cut tombs and cisterns. It is about 4 miles North of <i> '''''el''''' </i> <i> '''''Mesh''''' </i> - <i> '''''hed''''' </i> , usually considered to be the site of Gath-hepher. See <i> [[Pef]] </i> , [[I,]] 363, Sh [[Vi.]] </p> | | <p> On the identification of this rock with that of Rummon, see the Quar. Statement of the "Palest. Explor. Fund," October 1881, page 247. The village Rumaneh is not described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_7777"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/rimmon+(1) Rimmon from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_58344"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/rimmon+(2) Rimmon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
( רמּון , rimmōn , "pomegranate"; see Rimmon-Perez ):
(1) A S yrian god. Naaman the Syrian leper after being cured is troubled over the fact that he will still have to bow down in the house of the Syrian god, Rimmon, when his master goes into the house to worship leaning on his hand ( 2 Kings 5:18 ). Elisha answers him ambiguously: "Go in peace." Judging from Naaman's position and this incident, Rimmon must have been one of the leading gods of the Syrians worshipped in Damascus. He has been identified with Rammanu, the Assyrian god of wind, rain and storm. The name appears in the Syrian personal names Hadadrimmon and Tabrimmon (which see) and its meaning is dubious ( ramâmu , "to thunder" (?))
(2) A B enjamite of Beeroth, whose sons Baanah and Rechab assassinated Ish-bosheth ( 2 Samuel 4:2 , 2 Samuel 4:5 , 2 Samuel 4:9 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
On the identification of this rock with that of Rummon, see the Quar. Statement of the "Palest. Explor. Fund," October 1881, page 247. The village Rumaneh is not described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey.
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