רִמּוֹן
rim.mon
Rimmon
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Rimmon (H7417A) Based on the lexical data provided, Rimmon appears as a proper noun in Hebrew scripture, occurring three times in the biblical text. The designation as a proper noun indicates that Rimmon functions as a name rather than a common noun with semantic content that can be analyzed for meaning. Without additional lexical data specifying what Rimmon refers to—whether a place, person, or deity—the fundamental nature of this entry is that it serves as a named entity within the biblical corpus. The limited frequency of occurrence (three instances) suggests that Rimmon held particular rather than widespread significance in biblical narrative or historical record. As a proper noun appearing only thrice, its importance would likely be concentrated in specific textual contexts rather than distributed across multiple narratives. The lexical entry itself provides no information about the associations, characteristics, or theological weight this name may have carried for ancient Hebrew speakers and writers. To understand the actual significance of Rimmon requires examining the specific contexts where these three occurrences appear in scripture. The lexical entry alone establishes only that this is a named entity recognized in the biblical text, without conveying the historical, geographical, or theological dimensions that would emerge from analyzing those individual usages.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing.”
2 Kings 5:18In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing.”
2 Kings 5:18In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing.”