How to Pronounce Tadmor

What does Tadmor mean?

Tadmor means “the palm-tree; bitterness”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Tadmor?

Palm, a city built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (2 Chr. 8:4). In 1 Kings 9:18, where the word occurs in the Authorized Version, the Hebrew text and the Revised Version read “Tamar,” which is properly a city on the southern border of Palestine and toward the wilderness (comp. Ezek. 47:19; 48:28). In 2 Chr. 8:14 Tadmor is mentioned in connection with Hamath-zobah. It is called Palmyra by the Greeks and Romans. It stood in the great Syrian wilderness, 176 miles from Damascus and 130 from the Mediterranean and was the centre of a vast commercial traffic with Western Asia. It was also an important military station.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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