Lexicon :: Strong's H7348 - rᵊḥûm

רְחוּם
Transliteration
rᵊḥûm
Pronunciation
rekh-oom'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A form of רַחוּם (H7349)
Strong’s Definitions

רְחוּם Rᵉchûwm, rekh-oom'; a form of H7349; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites:—Rehum.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7348 in the following manner: Rehum (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7348 in the following manner: Rehum (8x).
  1. Rehum = "compassion"

    1. an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

      1. also 'Nehum'

    2. a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem

    3. a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

    4. one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

    5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רְחוּם Rᵉchûwm, rekh-oom'; a form of H7349; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites:—Rehum.
STRONGS H7348: Abbreviations
רְחוּם, רְחֻם proper name, masculine (compassion, or softness, gentleness ?); — post-exilic name:
1. with Zerubbabel:
a. רְחוּם Ezra 2:2, A Ιρεουμ’, Ναουμ (= נְחוּם || Nehemiah 7:7).
b. priest, רְחֻם Nehemiah 12:3 Ρεουμ (= חָרִם Nehemiah 12:15, compare Nehemiah 7:42 = Ezra 2:39; Ezra 10:21, see חָרִם 3a).
2. רְחוּם, with Nehemiah:
a. Levite Nehemiah 3:17, Βασουθ, א A Ραουμ.
b. Nehemiah 10:26, Ρα[ε]ουμ.

Biblical Aramaic

רְחוּם proper name, masculine Persian official Ezra 4:8 (usually explained from √ רחם, see Biblical Hebrew; Scheft92 thinks possibly originally רוחם, Old Iranian proper name rukma, = splendour).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:2; 2:39; 4:8; 10:21

Nehemiah

3:17; 7:7; 7:42; 10:26; 12:3; 12:15