Lexicon / H7348a
רְחוּם
re.chum
  • Rehum
  • compassion
  • softness
  • gentleness

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Rehum

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2; also called Harim at Neh.10.5; 12.15; Nehum at Neh.7.7;

§ 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

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.17;

son of: Bani (H1137L)

§ Rehum = "compassion"

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

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.25

§ Rehum = "compassion"

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: compassion; softness; gentleness

רְחוּם רְחֻם n.pr.m compassion softness gentleness with Zerub. with Neh. (, or,?);—post-exilic name