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Rimmon in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Father of the murderers of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:2,5,9 -2. A city south of Jerusalem Zec 14:10 Allotted to the tribe of Judah Jos 15:32; Ne 11:29 Later alloted to the tribe of Simeon Jos 19:7; 1Ch 4:32 Called REMMON Jos 19:7 Also called EN-RIMMON Ne 11:29 -3. A city of the tribe of Zebulun 1Ch 6:77 Called REMMON-METHOAR Jos 19:13 -4...

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Riphath in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a crusher, Gomer's second son (Gen. 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians....

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Rufus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

roo'-fus (Rhouphos): The name is mentioned twice: (1) Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus, is "the father of Alexander and Rufus" (Mk 15:21); (2) Paul sends greetings to Roman Christians, "Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine" (Rom 16:13). Rufus was well known among those for whom Mark primarily wrote...

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Rimmon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(pomegranate) the name of several towns. 1. A city of Zebulun 1Ch 6:77; Ne 11:29 a Levitical city, the present Rummaneh, six miles north of Nazareth. 2. A town in the southern portion of Judah, Jos 15:3 allotted to Simeon, Jos 19:7; 1Ch 4:32 probably 13 miles southwest of Hebron. 3. Rimmon-parez (pomegranate of the breach), the name of a mar...

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Riphath in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Gomer's second son (Genesis 10:3). Paphlagonia (Josephus, Ant. 1:6, section 1). The Riphaean mountains in the remote N. to the E. of Tanais ("the Don"); the Carpathian range N.E. of Dacia....

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Rufus in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Simon Mr 15:21 -Probably identical with the RUFUS in Ro 16:13...

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Rimmon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

pomegranate. (1.) A man of Beeroth (2 Sam. 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Josh. 9:17.) (2.) A Syrian idol, mentioned only in 2 Kings 5:18. (3.) One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah, afterwards given to Simeon (Josh. 15:21, 32; 19:7; 1 Chr. 4:32). In Josh. 15:32 Ain and Rimmon are mentioned separately, but in 19:7 and 1 Chr....

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Riphath in Hitchcock's Bible Names

remedy; medicine; release; pardon...

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Rufus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(red) is mentioned in Mr 15:21 as a son of Simon the Cyrenian. Lu 23:26 (A.D. 29.) Again, in Ro 16:13 the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus whom he designates as "elect in the Lord." This Rufus was probably identical with the one to whom Mark refers....

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Rimmon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Rechab and Bannah: 2 Samuel 4:2-9.(See RECHAB; BAANAH.) 2. An idol worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus (2 Kings 5:18). The name appears in Hadad Rimmon. From rum, "the most high"; as El-ion (Selden, Gesenius, etc.). Others from Hebrew rimmon, a "pomegranate," sacred to Venus; the fertilizing principle in nature; tree worship a...

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