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HebrewH7348Proper Noun (Masculine)

רְחוּם

re.chum

7Occurrences
H7348Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites

a form of H7349 (רַחוּם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Harim at ; Nehum at ; § Rehum = "compassion" 1) an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 1a) also 'Nehum' 2) a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 3) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 4) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

רְחוּם appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
5
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

Ezra 2:2BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

Ezra 4:8BSB

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

Ezra 4:9BSB

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

Ezra 4:17BSB

Then the king sent this reply:To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates:Greetings.

Ezra 4:23BSB

When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.

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