Strongs Number: H8559
- Hebrew Word
- תָּמָר
- Transliteration
- Tâmâr
- Phonetic
- taw-mawr'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
{Tamar} the name of three women and a place
- BDB Definition
-
Tamar = "palm-tree" n pr f
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 n pr loc
4. a place on the southern border of Gad
- Origin
- The same as H8558
- Bible Usage
- Tamar.