Lexicon / H4505
מְנַחֵם
me.na.chem
  • Menahem
  • comforter

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Menahem

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.14;

son of: Gadi (H1424);

father of: Pekahiah (H6494)

§ Menahem = "comforter"

son of Gadi and king of the northern kingdom of Israel; slew the usurper Shallum to ascend the throne and reigned for ten years; contemporary with prophets Hosea and Amos

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: comforter

מְנַחֵם n.pr.m comforter . (), king of Northern Israel