. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . on-parez (fr. Heb. = pomegranate of thebreach, Ayre), a march-station in the wilderness ofthe wandering (Num. xxxiii. 19, 20); supposed byRowlands (in Fbn.) to be at Jebei Ikhrimm, aboutseventy-five miles S. S. W. of Beer-sheba. Rimmon (Heb. pomegranate, Ges.), the Rock, acliff or inaccessible natural fastness, in which thesix hundred Benjamites, who escaped the slaughterof Gibeah, took refuge (Judg. xx: 45, 47, xxi. 13).It is described as in the wilderness, i. e. the wilduncultivated country which lies on the east of thecentral highlands of Benjamin
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . on-parez (fr. Heb. = pomegranate of thebreach, Ayre), a march-station in the wilderness ofthe wandering (Num. xxxiii. 19, 20); supposed byRowlands (in Fbn.) to be at Jebei Ikhrimm, aboutseventy-five miles S. S. W. of Beer-sheba. Rimmon (Heb. pomegranate, Ges.), the Rock, acliff or inaccessible natural fastness, in which thesix hundred Benjamites, who escaped the slaughterof Gibeah, took refuge (Judg. xx: 45, 47, xxi. 13).It is described as in the wilderness, i. e. the wilduncultivated country which lies on the east of thecentral highlands of Benjamin, on which Gibeahwas situated—between them and the Jordan name is identified with the modern Rummon, avillage three miles E. of Bethel, on the summit ofa conical chalky hill, visible in all directions, andcommanding the whole country. Ring (Heb. tabbaath, galil; Gr. daktulios). Thering was regarded as an indispensable article of aHebrews attire, inasmuch as it contained his sig-net. It was hence the symbol of authority, and as. Egyptian Signet-rings, with impressions from them.—(Fbn.) such was presented by Pharaoh to Joseph (Gen. ), by Ahasuerus to Haman (Esth. iii. 10), by An- tiochus to Philip (1 Mc. vi. 15). Such rings wereworn not only by men, but by women (Is. iii. 21),and are enumerated among the articles presentedby men and women for the service of the Taber-nacle (Ex. xxxv. 22). The signet-ring was worn onthe right hand (Jer. xxii. 24). We may conclude,from Ex. xxviii. 11, that the rings contained a stoneengraven with a device, or with the owners name.
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