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Lexicon :: Strong's H8559 - tāmār

Aa
תָּמָר
Transliteration
tāmār
Pronunciation
taw-mawr'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as תָּמָר (H8558)
Strong’s Definitions

תָּמָר Tâmâr, taw-mawr'; the same as H8558; Tamar, the name of three women and a place:—Tamar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H8559 in the following manner: Tamar (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H8559 in the following manner: Tamar (24x).

  1. Tamar = "palm-tree"

    proper feminine noun

    1. widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah

    2. daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David

    3. daughter of Absalom

      proper locative noun

    4. a place on the southern border of Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּמָר Tâmâr, taw-mawr'; the same as H8558; Tamar, the name of three women and a place:—Tamar.
STRONGS H8559: Abbreviations
II. תָּמָר 25 proper name
1. feminine.
† a. daughter-in-law of Judah Genesis 38:6, 11 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:13, 24; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Ruth 4:12.
b. daughter of David, sister of Absalom 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 + 11 times 13, 2 Chronicles 3:9.
† c. daughter of Absalom 2 Samuel 14:27.
† 2. location Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; 1 Kings 9:18 Kt (> Qr תַּדְמֹר which see), so read also || 2 Chronicles 8:4 (for MT תַּדְמֹר); site not certain, compare BuhlG 184. — בַּעַל תָּמָר see בַּעַל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:6; 38:11; 38:13; 38:24

Ruth

4:12

2 Samuel

13:1; 13:2; 14:27

1 Kings

9:18

1 Chronicles

2:4

2 Chronicles

3:9; 8:4

Ezekiel

47:19; 48:28

H8559

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8559 matches the Hebrew תָּמָר (tāmār),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon said to Tamar, Take the food and come into my bedroom, so that I may take it from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and went with them into her brother Amnon's bedroom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18 - And Baalath and Tamar in the waste land, in that land;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - And the south side to the south will be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream of Egypt, to the Great Sea. This is the south side, on the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.
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