KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

{Rimmon} the name of a Syrian {deity} also of five places in Palestine. The additon of -methoar (the fourth form) is a passive participle of H8388 with the article; the (one) marked {off} that {is} which pertains; mistaken for part of the name

Rimmon = "pomegranate" n pr dei

1. the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus n pr m

2. a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth n pr loc

3. the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge

4. a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon

5. a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth