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HebrewH2828Proper Noun (Masculine)

חָשֻׁם

cha.shum

4Occurrences
H2828Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chashum, the name of two or three Israelites

from the same as H2831 (חַשְׁמַן); enriched;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Hashum = "rich" 1) head of a family of 223 exiles returning with Zerubbabel 2) one of the priests or Levites who stood on Ezra's left while he read the law

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חָשֻׁם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
2
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

Ezra 10:33BSB

From the descendants of Hashum:Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

Ezra 2:19BSB

the descendants of Hashum, 223;

Nehemiah 7:22BSB

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

Nehemiah 8:4BSB

Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.