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Tamar

Palm; palm-tree Tamar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “palm; palm-tree.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2283, H8559
Hebrew
תָּמָר · Tâmâr
Greek
Θάμαρ · Thamar
Name meaning
palm; palm-tree According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Θάμαρ

G2283
Transliteration
Thamar
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-F-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Tamar, Thamar

Lexicon definition

Θάμαρ (Tr., Θαμάρ), ἡ (Heb. תָּמָר, Gen.38:6), Tamar: Mat.1:3.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תָּמָר

H8559
Transliteration
Tâmâr
Pronunciation
taw-mawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
24

Glosses

Tamar.

Lexicon definition

Tamar, the name of three women and a place

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tamar

palm; palm-tree

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Tamar

Indexed occurrences: 32

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All Scripture references38 references

Genesis 8

Genesis 14:7Genesis 38:6Genesis 38:11Genesis 38:13Genesis 38:19Genesis 38:24Genesis 38:25Genesis 38:27

Judges 1

Judges 20:33

Ruth 1

Ruth 4:12

2 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 13:12 Samuel 13:22 Samuel 13:42 Samuel 13:52 Samuel 13:62 Samuel 13:72 Samuel 13:82 Samuel 13:102 Samuel 13:152 Samuel 13:182 Samuel 13:192 Samuel 13:202 Samuel 13:222 Samuel 13:322 Samuel 14:27

1 Kings 3

1 Kings 9:181 Kings 11:11 Kings 22:38

1 Chronicles 2

1 Chronicles 2:41 Chronicles 3:9

2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 20:2

Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 47:18Ezekiel 47:19Ezekiel 48:28

Matthew 1

Matthew 1:3

Luke 1

Luke 15:30

John 1

John 12:13

James 1

James 2:25

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tamar

Meaning:
palm; palm-tree

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Ancient Context2 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The City, He Cast The Canaanites Out Of It, And Brought In The Jews To Inhabit Therein.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 3

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister; And How He Was Banished And Afterwards Recalled By David.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 8

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Related UNLEARN Content9 items

Topic

BAAL-TAMAR

Nave’s Topical Bible references for BAAL-TAMAR.

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Topic

HAZEZON-TAMAR

Nave’s Topical Bible references for HAZEZON-TAMAR.

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Topic

TAMAR

Nave’s Topical Bible references for TAMAR.

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Dictionary

Baal-tamar

master of the palm-tree

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Dictionary

Engedi

Fountain of the kid, place in the wilderness of Judah (Josh. 15:62), on the western shore of the Dead Sea (Ezek. 47:10), and nearly equidistant from both extremities. To the wilderness near this town David fled for fear of Saul (Josh. 15:62; 1 Sam. 23:29). It was at first called Hazezon-tamar (Gen. 14:7), a city of the Amorites. The vineyards of Engedi were celebrated in Solomon's time (Cant. 1:4). It is the modern Ain Jidy. The "fountain" from which it derives its name rises on the mountain side about 600 feet above the sea, and in its rapid descent spreads luxuriance all around it. Along its banks the osher grows abundantly. That shrub is thus described by Porter: "The stem is stout, measuring sometimes nearly a foot in diameter, and the plant grows to the height of 15 feet or more. It has a grayish bark and long oval leaves, which when broken off discharge a milky fluid. The fruit resembles an apple, and hangs in clusters of two or three. When ripe it is of a rich yellow colour, but on being pressed it explodes like a puff-ball. It is chiefly filled with air...This is the so-called apple of Sodom.'" Through Samaria, etc. (See [187]APPLE.)

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Harlot

(1.) Heb. zonah (Gen. 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22 the Hebrew word used in kedeshah, i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also used in Deut. 23:17; Hos. 4:14. Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah. It has been attempted to show that Rahab, usually called a "harlot" (Josh. 2:1; 6:17; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25), was only an innkeeper. This interpretation, however, cannot be maintained. Jephthah's mother is called a "strange woman" (Judg. 11:2). This, however, merely denotes that she was of foreign extraction. In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets, and he solemnly warns against association with them (Prov. 7:12; 9:14. See also Jer. 3:2; Ezek. 16:24, 25, 31). The Revised Version, following the LXX., has "and the harlots washed," etc., instead of the rendering of the Authorized Version, "now they washed," of 1 Kings 22:38. To commit fornication is metaphorically used for to practice idolatry (Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 16:15; Hos. throughout); hence Jerusalem is spoken of as a harlot (Isa. 1:21). (2.) Heb. nokriyah, the "strange woman" (1 Kings 11:1; Prov. 5:20; 7:5; 23:27). Those so designated were Canaanites and other Gentiles (Josh. 23:13). To the same class belonged the "foolish", i.e., the sinful, "woman." In the New Testament the Greek pornai, plural, "harlots," occurs in Matt. 21:31, 32, where they are classed with publicans; Luke 15:30; 1 Cor. 6:15, 16; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25. It is used symbolically in Rev. 17:1, 5, 15, 16; 19:2.

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Dictionary

Hazezon-tamar

drawing near to bitterness

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Palm tree

(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), "upright" (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Rev. 7:9). "Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen." The whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia, i.e., "the land of palms." Tadmor in the desert was called by the Greeks and Romans Palmyra, i.e., "the city of palms." The finest specimens of this tree grew at Jericho (Deut. 34:3) and Engedi and along the banks of the Jordan. Branches of the palm tree were carried at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40). At our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the crowds took palm branches, and went forth to meet him, crying, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Matt. 21:8; John 12:13). (See [457]DATE.)

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Tamar

palm; palm-tree

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