Tâmâr — H8559

H8559 · Hebrew — תמר

Pronunciation: taw-mawr'

Definition

locative proper noun

Tamar, the name of three women and a place

  1. Tamar = "palm-tree"
  2. n pr f
  3. widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah
  4. daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David
  5. daughter of Absalom
  6. n pr loc
  7. a place on the southern border of Gad

Usually translated as

Tamar

Origin

the same as H8558

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tâmâr occurs 24 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Ruth (1), 2 Samuel (13), 1 Chronicles (2), Ezekiel (2)

Strong's Lexicon — T