A daughter of David (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), whom Amnon shamefully outraged and afterwards “hated exceedingly,” thereby illustrating the law of human nature noticed even by the heathen, “Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris”, i.e., “It is the property of human nature to hate one whom you have injured.”
Person
Tamar
- Name means
- palm; palm-tree
- Belongs to
- Tribe of Judah
- Mentioned
- 13 verses · first in 2 Samuel 13:1
Family
About Tamar
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Every mention
Others called Tamar
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.