רִמּוֹן
rimmôwn · rim-mone'
a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
Lexicon
Derivation: or רִמֹּן; from H7426 (רָמַם);
a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pomegranate.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִמּוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pomegranates6 · 19%
- and a pomegranate4 · 13%
- and pomegranates3 · 9%
- and the pomegranates3 · 9%
- of pomegranates3 · 9%
- the pomegranates2 · 6%
- of a pomegranate2 · 6%
- and they brought of the pomegranates1 · 3%
- or of pomegranates1 · 3%
- under a pomegranate tree1 · 3%
- with pomegranates1 · 3%
- of my pomegranate1 · 3%
- also and the pomegranates1 · 3%
- and all the pomegranates1 · 3%
- the pomegranate1 · 3%
- and the pomegranate1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.