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Lexicon :: Strong's H8559 - tāmār

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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 5 times in 4 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s household until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.” Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”
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