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Lexicon :: Strong's H7348 - rᵊḥûm

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רְחוּם
Transliteration
rᵊḥûm
Pronunciation
rekh-oom'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

רְחוּם Rᵉchûwm, rekh-oom'; a form of H7349; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites:—Rehum.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7348 in the following manner: Rehum (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7348 in the following manner: Rehum (8x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רְחוּם Rᵉchûwm, rekh-oom'; a form of H7349; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites:—Rehum.
STRONGS H7348: Abbreviations
† רְחוּם, רְחֻם proper name, masculine (compassion, or softness, gentleness ?); — post-exilic name:
1. with Zerubbabel:
a. רְחוּם Ezra 2:2, A Ιρεουμ’, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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 3a).
2. רְחוּם, with Nehemiah:
a. Levite Nehemiah 3:17, Βασουθ, א A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ραουμ.
b. Nehemiah 10:26, Ρα[ε]ουμ.

Biblical Aramaic

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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:2; 2:39; 4:8; 10:21

Nehemiah

3:17; 7:7; 7:42; 10:26; 12:3; 12:15

H7348

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7348 matches the Hebrew רְחוּם (rᵊḥûm),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - Next to him, repairs were made by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of his own district.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:25 - Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:3 - Shecaniah, Harim,[fn] Meremoth,
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