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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.
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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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Now Judah H3063 took H3947 a wife H802 for Er H6147 his firstborn H1060, and her name H8034 was Tamar H8559.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah H3063 said H559 to his daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559, “Remain H3427 a widow H490 in your father’s H1 house H1004 until H5704 my son H1121 Shelah H7956 grows H1431 up”; for he [fn]thought H559, “I am afraid that he too H1571 may die H4191 like his brothers H251.” So Tamar H8559 went H1980 and lived H3427 in her father’s H1 house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And Tamar H8559 was told H5046, “Behold H2009, your father-in-law H2524 is going H5927 up H5927 to Timnah H8553 to shear H1494 his sheep H6629.”

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Now it was about three H7969 months H2320 later H4480 that Judah H3063 was [fn]informed H5046, “Your daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 has prostituted H2181 herself, and behold H2009, she is also H1571 pregnant H2030 by prostitution H2183.” Then Judah H3063 said H559, “Bring H3318 her out H3318 and have her burned H8313!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - “Moreover, may your house H1004 be like the house H1004 of Perez H6557 whom H834 Tamar H8559 bore H3205 to Judah H3063, through H4480 the [fn]descendants H2233 whom H834 the LORD H3068 will give H5414 you by this H2088 young H5291 woman H5291.”

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Now it was after H310 this H3651 that Absalom H53 the son H1121 of David H1732 had a beautiful H3303 sister H269 whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559, and Amnon H550 the son H1121 of David H1732 was in love H157 with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - But Amnon H550 was H6887 so frustrated H6887 on account H5668 of his sister H269 Tamar H8559 that he made H2470 himself ill H2470, for H3588 she was a virgin H1330, and it [fn]seemed H6381 H5869 too H6381 difficult H6381 to Amnon H550 to do H6213 anything H3972 to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you, the king’s H4428 son H1121, so H3602 depressed H1800 morning H1242 after morning H1242? Will you not tell H5046 me?” So Amnon H550 said H559 to him, “I am in love H157 with Tamar H8559, the sister H269 of my brother H251 Absalom H53.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab H3082 then said H559 to him, “Lie H7901 down H7901 on your bed H4904 and pretend H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; when your father H1 comes H935 to see H7200 you, say H559 to him, ‘Please H4994 have my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and give me food H3899 to eat H1262, and have her prepare H6213 the [fn]food H1279 in my sight H5869, so H4616 that H4616 I may see H7200 it and eat H398 from her hand H3027.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon H550 lay H7901 down H7901 and pretended H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; when the king H4428 came H935 to see H7200 him, Amnon H550 said H559 to the king H4428, “Please H4994 have my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and make H3823 me a couple H8147 of pastries H3834 in my sight H5869, so that I may eat H1262 from her hand H3027.”

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Then David H1732 sent H7971 a messenger to the house H1004 for Tamar H8559, saying H559, “Go H1980 now H4994 to your brother H251 Amnon’s H550 house H1004, and prepare H6213 [fn]food H1279 for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar H8559 went H1980 to her brother H251 Amnon’s H550 house H1004, and he was lying H7901 in bed. And she took H3947 dough H1217, kneaded H3888 it, made H3823 pastries H3823 in his sight H5869, and baked H1310 the pastries H3834.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon H550 said H559 to Tamar H8559, “Bring H935 the food H1279 into the [fn]bedroom H2315, so that I may eat H1262 from your hand H3027.” So Tamar H8559 took H3947 the pastries H3834 which H834 she had made H6213 and brought H935 them into the bedroom H2315 to her brother H251 Amnon H550.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar H8559 took H3947 ashes H665 and put them on her head H7218, and tore H7167 her [fn]long-sleeved H6446 garment H3801 which H834 was on her; and she put H7760 her hand H3027 on her head H7218 and went H1980 on her way, crying H2199 out H2199 as she went H1980.

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Then Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 to her, “Has Amnon H550 your brother H251 been H1961 with you? But now H6258 keep H2790 silent H2790, my sister H269, he is your brother H251; do not take H7896 this H2088 matter H1697 to heart H3820.” So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 and was H8074 isolated H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom’s H53 house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom H53 did not speak H1696 with Amnon H550 either H5704 good H2896 or H4480 bad H7451; for Absalom H53 hated H8130 Amnon H550 because H5921 H1697 H834 he had violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar H8559.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab H3082, the son H1121 of Shimeah H8093, David’s H1732 brother H251, [fn]responded H6030 H559, “Let my lord H113 not [fn]assume H559 that they have put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 all H3605 the young H5288 men H5288, the king’s H4428 sons H1121, for only H905 Amnon H550 is dead H4191; because H3588 this has been H1961 set H7760 up H7760 by the [fn]intent H6310 of Absalom H53 since H4480 the day H3117 that he violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar H8559.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And to Absalom H53 there were born H3205 three H7969 sons H1121, and one H259 daughter H1323 whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559; she was a woman H802 of beautiful H3303 appearance H4758.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18 - and Baalath H1191 and Tamar H8559 in the wilderness H4057, in the land H776 of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - His daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 bore H3205 him Perez H6557 and Zerah H2226. Judah H3063 had five H2568 sons H1121 in all H3605.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All H3605 of these were the sons H1121 of David H1732, besides H4480 H905 the sons H1121 of the concubines H6370; and Tamar H8559 was their sister H269.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19

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“The south H5045 side H6285 toward the south H8486 shall extend from Tamar H8559 as far H5704 as the waters H4325 of Meribath-kadesh H4809 H6946, to the brook H5158 of Egypt and to the Great H1419 Sea H3220. This is the south H8486 side H6285 toward the south H5045.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “And beside H5921 the border H1366 of Gad H1410, at the south H5045 side H6285 toward the south H8486, the border H1366 shall be from Tamar H8559 to the waters H4325 of Meribath-kadesh H4809 H6946, to the brook H5158 of Egypt, to the Great H1419 Sea H3220.
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