# H8559 תָּמָר

תָּמָר (Tâmâr), Strong’s H8559: Tamar, the name of three women and a place KJV: Tamar.. Occurs 25 times.

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*Tâmâr* — Tamar, the name of three women and a place

KJV: Tamar.

Occurs 25 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תָּמָר n.pr.
- 1 f.
- a daughter-in-law of Judah
- b daughter of David, sister of Absalom
- 2 loc. site not certain

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 38:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=6) — Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- [Genesis 38:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=11) — Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…
- [Genesis 38:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=13) — Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
- [Genesis 38:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=24) — About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold…
- [2 Samuel 13:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=1) — After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
- [2 Samuel 13:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=2) — Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to…
- [2 Samuel 13:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=4) — He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love…
- [2 Samuel 13:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=5) — Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please…
- [2 Samuel 13:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=6) — So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister…
- [2 Samuel 13:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=7) — Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”