Strong's Number H8559

תָּמָר
Tamar · taw-mawr'
Transliteration:
Tamar{taw-mawr'}
Word Origin:
the same as 8558
Strong's Definition:
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
Usage in the KJV:
Tamar 24

Total: 24
Occurs 26 times in the Hebrew text.
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