Strong's Hebrew · H8559
H8559 Tâmâr
תָּמָר
taw-mawr'
Tamar
Tâmâr appears 26 times in Scripture, including Genesis 38:6 and Ruth 4:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
In the King James Version
Tamar.
Derivation
the same as H8558 (תָּמָר);
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,””
“Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.”
“and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.””
“And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.”
“And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.””
“Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.”
“About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!””
“After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.”
“Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
