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Strong's #7348 - רְחוּם

Transliteration
Rᵉchûwm
Phonetics
rekh-oom'
Origin
a form of (H7349)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (7)
Ezra 4
Nehemiah 3
BSB (8)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
CSB (8)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
ESV (7)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
KJV (8)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
LEB (8)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (8)
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 רְחוּם, רְחֻם proper name, masculine ( compassion, or softness, Gentleness ?); — post-exilic name:

1 with Zerubbabel:

a.רְחוּם Ezra 2:2, A Ιρεουμ’, ᵐ5 L 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 3 a).

2רְחוּם, with Nehemiah:

a. Levite Nehemiah 3:17, Βασουθ, א A ᵐ5 L Ραουμ.

b. Nehemiah 10:26, Ρα[ε]ουμ.

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).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רְחוּם (“beloved” [“merciful”]), [Rehum], pr.n. m.

(1) of a Persian governor in Samaria, Ezra 4:8.

(2)  Nehemiah 3:17.

(3)  Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 10:26 for which there is, Nehemiah 7:7 (prob. by error of a copyist) נְחוּם.

(4)  Nehemiah 12:3 otherwise חָרִם verse 15 Nehemiah 12:15, 7:42.


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List of Word Forms
רְח֛וּם רְח֣וּם רְח֤וּם רְח֥וּם רְחֻ֖ם רחום רחם rə·ḥum rə·ḥūm reChum rəḥum rəḥūm
 
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