hazezon-tamar Summary and Overview

pruning of the palm, the original name of the place afterwards called ENGEDI (q.v.), Gen. 14:7; called also HAZAZON-TAMAR (2 Chr. 20:2).

and Haz'azon-ta'mar (pruning of palm trees), the ancient name of Engedi. #Ge 14:7| The name occurs in the records of the reign of Hezekiah. #2Ch 20:2|

HAZ'EZON-TA'MAR , and HAZ'ANON- TA'MAR (felling of palm trees), the old name of En-gedi,Gen 14:7; 2 Chr 20:2; a city as old as the oldest in Syria, the contemporary of Sodom and Gomorrah, and already a city when Hebron was first founded. See Tristram's Land of Israel, p. 285, and also En-gedi.