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Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...

, Tamar refers to two women: one is Tamar the daughter-in-law of Judah, and the other is Tamar the daughter of

King David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

and full sister of

Absalom Absalom ( , ), according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite prince. Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, he was the only full sibling of Tamar. He is described in the Hebrew Bible as being exceptionally beautiful, as is his siste ...

. The latter was raped by her half-brother

Amnon Amnon ( ''’Amnōn'', "faithful") was, in the Hebrew Bible, the oldest son of King David and his second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel. He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah. He was the heir apparent to the throne of Israel until ...

, leading Absalom to eventually kill him. Absalom named his daughter Tamar, described as a woman of great beauty. For a period, Tamar held the top spot for girls' names in Israel, but it dropped to second in 2022. Tamar was also among the Biblical names used by

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in the 17th and 18th centuries. Puritan families sometimes used names of Biblical characters seen as sinful as a reminder of man's fallen state.Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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People with the given name Tamar

Tamar (Genesis) In the Book of Genesis, Tamar (; ) was the daughter-in-law of Judah (son of Jacob), Judah (twice), as well as the mother of two of his children: the twins Perez (son of Judah), Perez and Zerah. Genesis narrative In , Tamar is first described ...

, daughter-in-law of Judah in the Bible *

Tamar (daughter of David) Tamar () was an Israelite princess. Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, she was the only full sibling of Absalom. She is described in the Hebrew Bible as being exceptionally beautiful, as is her brother. In the narrative of 2 Sam ...

, daughter of King David and full sister of his son

in the Bible * Tamar, daughter of David's son

Tamar of Georgia Tamar the Great ( ka, თამარ მეფე, tr , ; 1160 – 18 January 1213) queen regnant, reigned as the List of monarchs of Georgia#Kings of unified Georgia (1008–1490), Queen of Kingdom of Georgia, Georgia from 1184 to 1213, ...

(1160–1213), Georgian queen * Tamar of Imereti (died 1455), Georgian queen consort of the

Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia (), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a Middle Ages, medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in Anno Domini, AD. It reached Georgian Golden Age, its Golden Age of political and economic strength during the reign ...

* Tamar of Imereti (died 1556), Georgian queen consort of the

Kingdom of Kartli The Kingdom of Kartli ( ka, ქართლის სამეფო, tr) was a late medieval and early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centred on the province of Kartli, with its capital at Tbilisi. It emerged in the process of a tripar ...

Tamar of Kartli Tamar ( ka, თამარი; 1696 – 12 April 1746) was a Georgian royal princess of the Bagrationi dynasty, a daughter of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli, of the Mukhranian branch, and the second wife of King Teimuraz II, of the Kakhetian bran ...

(1696–1746), Georgian queen * Tamar of Mukhrani (died 1683), Georgian princess * Támar (born 1980), American singer * Tamar Abakelia (1905–1953), Georgian artist * Tamar Ariav (born 1949), Israeli professor of education and President of

Beit Berl College Beit Berl College is a multi-disciplinary academic college for higher education located in Beit Berl in the Sharon plain, Sharon region of Israel. It is one of the oldest colleges in Israel. The college grants undergraduate degrees (B.Ed and ...

* Tamar Amilakhori (fl. 17th-century), Safavid concubine of Georgian origin *

Tamar Beruchashvili Tamar Beruchashvili ( ka, თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი; born 9 April 1961) is a Georgia (country), Georgian diplomat and politician who served as the Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2020, and previou ...

(born 1961), Georgian politician *

Tamar Braxton Tamar Estine Braxton (born March 17, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Braxton began her career in 1990 as a founding member of The Braxtons, an R&B singing group formed with her sisters. The Braxtons r ...

(born 1977), American singer * Tamar Eilam, Israeli-American computer scientist *

Tamar Garb Tamar Garb is Durning Lawrence Professor in the Department of History of Art at University College London. A researcher of French art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Garb has published numerous catalogue essays and books ...

(born 1957), British art historian *

Tamar Gendler Tamar Szabó Gendler (born December 20, 1965) is an American academic and philosopher. She has been the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University, where she is also the Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and a Professor o ...

(born 1965), American philosopher *

Tamar Gozansky Tamar Gozansky (, also spelt Tamar Gozhansky; born October 3, 1940) is an Israeli politician. Biography Tamar Gozansky was born in Petah Tikva in 1940 to a Russian Jewish family. She earned an MSc in Economics from Leningrad State University. Sh ...

(born 1940), Israeli politician * Tamar Halperin (born 1976), Israeli musician * Tamar Hermann (born 1957), Israeli political scientist *

Tamar Jacoby Tamar Jacoby is the director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project. The Kyiv-based project is devoted to reporting on the war between Russia and Ukraine and related political and policy developments in Brussels and Washington ...

(born 1954), American writer *

Tamar Kaprelian Tamar Mardirossian (; born October 28, 1986), known professionally as Tamar Kaprelian, is an Armenian Americans, American-Armenian singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. Kaprelian began her career in 2008, after winning a cover contest organize ...

(born 1986), American singer *

Tamar Katz Tamar Katz (; born September 26, 1988) is an Israeli-American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005, 2007, and 2008 Israeli national champion. Personal life Katz was born September 26, 1988, in Dallas, Texas. The daughter of Leora and ...

(born 1988), Israeli figure skater * Tamar Sanikidze (born 1978), Georgian politician *

Tamar Simon Hoffs Tamar Simon Hoffs (née Tamar Ruth Simon; October 23, 1934) is an American filmmaker, best known for directing the indie films ''Red Roses and Petrol'' (2003) and ''Pound of Flesh'' (2009), both starring Malcolm McDowell. She is the mother of Sus ...

(born 1934), American film director *

Tamar Slay Tamar Ulysses Slay (born April 2, 1980) is an American basketball former college and professional player. A 6 ft 9 in (2.03 m) guard-forward, he was formerly with the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets and Charlotte Bobcats. ...

(born 1980), American basketball player * Tamar Tatuashvili (born 1991), Georgian football player * Tamar Tavadze (1898–1975), Georgian artist *

Tamar Tumanyan Tamar Hovhannesi Tumanyan (1907–1989; ) was a Soviet Armenian architect. She was awarded the title, Honored Worker of Culture of the Armenian SSR (1977). Her father was poet and writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. Biography Tamar Tumanyan was born in ...

(1907–1989), Soviet Armenian architect *

Tamar Zandberg Tamar Zandberg (; born 29 April 1976) is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Environmental Protection from 2021 to 2022, as a member of the Knesset for Meretz from 2013 to 2021, and as the party's leader between 2018 and 2019. Ear ...

(born 1976), Israeli politician

Fictional characters

*Hilary Tamar, fictional character in the novels of

Sarah Caudwell Sarah Cockburn (27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), who wrote under the pseudonym of Sarah Caudwell, was a British barrister and author of detective stories. Her series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999 centered on a group of y ...

*Tamar Cauldwell, the central character in the epic poem '' Tamar'' by Robinson Jeffers *Tamar Kir-Bataar, a character from the Grishaverse book series by

Leigh Bardugo Leigh Bardugo (; born April 6, 1975) is an American fantasy author. She is best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, which include the '' Shadow and Bone'' trilogy and the ''Six of Crows'' and '' King of Scars'' duologies. She also rec ...

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People with the given name Tamar

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