רִמּוֹן
pomegranate
‘pomegranate’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
22 distinct verses where H7416 appears in the Absolute state, across 11 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 3 verses
- Exodus 28:34 וְ/רִמּ֔וֹן וְ/רִמּ֑וֹן conj + n c ms conj + n c ms a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe round about.
- Exodus 39:25 הָ/רִמֹּנִ֗ים הָ/רִמֹּנִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates;
- Exodus 39:26 וְ/רִמֹּן֙ וְ/רִמֹּ֔ן conj + n c ms conj + n c ms a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 2 verses
- Numbers 13:23 הָ/רִמֹּנִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
- Numbers 20:5 וְ/רִמּ֔וֹן conj + n c ms Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
1 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 7:18 הָֽ/רִמֹּנִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:20 וְ/הָ/רִמּוֹנִ֤ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about on the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:42 הָ/רִמֹּנִ֛ים רִמֹּנִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
2 Kings 1 verse
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 רִמּוֹנִים֙ n c mp He made chains in the oracle, and put [them] on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
- 2 Chronicles 4:13 הָֽ/רִמּוֹנִ֛ים רִמּוֹנִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
Song of Solomon 5 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:3 הָֽ/רִמּוֹן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
- Song of Solomon 4:13 רִמּוֹנִ֔ים n c mp Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: Henna with spikenard plants,
- Song of Solomon 6:7 הָ/רִמּוֹן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
- Song of Solomon 6:11 הָ/רִמֹּנִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp I went down into the nut tree grove, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower.
- Song of Solomon 7:12 הָ/רִמּוֹנִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, Its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 52:22 וְ/רִמּוֹנִ֧ים וְ/רִמּוֹנִֽים conj + n c mp conj + n c mp A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
- Jeremiah 52:23 הָֽ/רִמֹּנִ֔ים הָ/רִמּוֹנִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network round about.
Joel 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, רמון (rimmôwn) means “pomegranate.” Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. It turns up in 25 verses across 11 books, an uncommon footprint. Scripture first uses it in Exodus 28:33. It shares a root with רמם, רומם and רוממה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7416 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 25
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 25 distinct verses.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,086
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,086 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 25 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Song of Solomon 6 verses 24%
- Exodus 5 verses 20%
- 1 Kings 3 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 25 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 9 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 8 verses · 32%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 8 verses · 32%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Pomegranates 19×, Pomegranate 9×
- American Standard Version†: Pomegranates 17×, Pomegranate 8×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Pomegranates 21×, Pomegranate 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Pomegranates 15×, Pomegranate 8×, Pomegranate tree 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7416 across 32† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7416 across 31† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7416 across 29† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7416 across 30† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
רמון I
- 1. tree 1 S 14:2, often + גֶּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, etc., Nu 20:5 (JE), Dt 8:8; Hg 2:19; Jo 1:12; Ct 4:13; 6:11; 7:13. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:2
- 2. fruit Nu 13:23 (JE; + עֲנָבִים, תְּאֵנִים); עֲסִיס ר׳ Ct 8:2, פֶּלַח הָר׳ (in sim.) 4:3; 6:7. e.g. Numbers 13:23
- 3. ornaments in temple, shaped like pomegranates (cf. رُمَّانَة in mod. Syria = epaulet, AlmkvistKl. Beiträge zur Lexicogr., etc. NesMarg. 12), 1 K 7:18 (on text cf. StaZAW iii (1883), 154 f. Kit Benz), v 20, 42(×2) ‖ 2 Ch 3:16; 4:13(×2) 2 K 25:17 = Je 52:22; Je 52:22, 23(×2); so in tabernacle, Ex 28:33, 34(×2); 39:24, 25(×2), 26(×2). e.g. 1 Kings 7:18
רמון II dei, in Aramaic (Old Aramaic רמן in n.pr. Lzb 369 Cook 108
רמון III m. in Benj., 2 S 4
רמון IV loc.
- 1. in סֶלַע הָרִמּוֹן cliff of R. Ju 20:45, 47, ס׳ רִמּוֹן v 47 21:13; Ρεμμων; = mod. cliff Rammôn, E. from Bethel, BuhlG 100, cf. GFM Ju 20:45. e.g. Judges 20:45
- 2. in S. Judah, עַיִן וְר׳ Jos 15:32; עַיִן ר׳ 19:7 (both P), 1 Ch 4:32; = ר׳ Zc 14:10; Ρεμμων[θ], etc.; v. iii. עַיִן 2, p. 745, and עֵין רִמּוֹן. e.g. Joshua 15:32
- 3. in Zebulun Jos 19:13 (Ρεμμωνα(μ)), = רִמּוֹנוֹ 1 Ch 6:62 (Ρεμμων); + Jos 21:35 (read רִמֹּנָה for דִּמְנָה, Di Benn Steuern); mod. Rummâne, c. 6 miles E. of N. from Nazareth (BuhlG 221). e.g. Joshua 19:13
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Je 52:23 pomegranate (foreign word of doubtful origin, cf. LöwNo. 310 HomA. u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaic רִימּוֹנָא, רוּמָּנָא, ܪܽܘܡܳܢܳܐ, Mand. רומאנא NöM. 123; Arabic رُمَّانٌ (Aramaic loan-word, Frä 142), Ethiopic ሮማን: );—abs. ר׳ 1 S 14:2 +, רִמֹּן Ex 39:26, 26; sf. רִמֹּנִי Ct 8:2; pl. רִמּוֹנִים 1 K 7:20 +, etc.;—pomegranate:
II. n.pr. dei, in Aramaic (Old Aramaic רמן in n.pr. Lzb 369 Cook 108; Assyrian Rammânu, god of wind, rain and storm (Schr COT 2 K 5, 18 Zim KAT 3, 442 ff. Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 172 JastrRel. Bab. 156 ff.); Sab. רמן (CISiv, no. 140, 209 H. Derenb in Kohut-Studies120 ff.); etym. dub.; √ רעם thunder Schr; √ ramâmu, roar DlHWB 624 and most; = i. רִמּוֹן HomA. u. A. 98);—בֵּית ר׳ 2 K 5:18, בֵּית רִמֹּן v 18(×2); Ρεμμαν[θ];—v. also הֲדַדְרִמּוֹן p. 213, טַבְרִמּוֹן p. 372.
III. n.pr.m. in Benj., 2 S 4:2, 5, 9; Ρεμμων.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from רמם (râmam) (H7426) — to be exalted.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
רִמּוֹן
- , v. רִמָּה) [crowded with seeds, cmp. רָחַשׁ,] pomegranate. Cant. R. to IV, 4 כר׳ הזה, v. רֵיקָן. ib. to VIII, 2 (ref. to עסיס רמני, Ib.) אלו ההגדות שטעמן כר׳ that means the homiletic interpretations whose taste is like that of the pomegranate; a. fr.—Pl. רִמֹּונִים, רִמֹּונִין. Peah I, 5; a. e.
רִמֹּון
- Targ. Cant. IV, 3. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 34; a. fr.—Ber. 36ᵇ שקלוה לנץ דר׳ ויביש ר׳ they took off the blossom of a pomegranate, and the pomegranate dried up. Lev. R. s. 12 רמונא מתקרי רמון the pomegranate (tree) is also called pomegranate; a. e.—Pl. רִמּוֹנִין, רִמֹּונַיָּא, רִי׳. Targ. O. Ex. XXVIII, 33. Targ. Cant. IV, 13. Targ. Hag. II, 19; a. fr.—V. רוּמָּנָא.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 27 distinct written forms H7416 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7416, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- רומם rôwmâm H7318 praise
- רוממה rôwmᵉmâh H7319 uplifting
- רמה rimmâh H7415 maggot
- רממת rômêmuth H7427 uplifting
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 22 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 25 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 28:33
- Numbers 13:23
- Deuteronomy 8:8
- 1 Samuel 14:2
- 1 Kings 7:18
- 2 Kings 25:17
- 2 Chronicles 3:16
- Song of Solomon 4:3
- Jeremiah 52:22
- Joel 1:12
- Haggai 2:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
