Palm
תֹּ֫מֶרStrong’s H8560tomer (to-mer)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tomer is the Hebrew word usually translated “palm tree of” and “like a scarecrow of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.”
Meaning
- Palm tree, post, column
How it's translated
- palm tree of 1
- like a scarecrow of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
תֹּ֫מֶר tomer · palm
palm tree, post, column
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “palm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PALM, noun
p'am.. [Latin palma.]
- The inner part of the hand.
- A hand or hand's breadth; a lineal measure of three inches.
- The broad triangular part of an anchor at the end of the arms.
- The name of many species of plants, but particularly of the date-tree or great palm a native of Asia and Africa.
All definitions and other forms of “palm”
- Branches of the palm being worn in token of victory, hence the word signifies superiority, victory, triumph.
- Among seamen, an instrument used in sewing canvas instead of a thimble.
PALM, verb transitive
p'am. To conceal in the palm of the hand.
- To impose by fraud.
- To handle.
- To stroke with the hand.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.