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Jeroham — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְרֹחָם

יְרֹחָם

Yᵉrôchâm · pronounced yer-o-khawm' · Strong's H3395 · a man

Jeroham means compassionate.

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רָחַם râcham (from, H7355) — to fondle open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H7355; compassionate; Jerocham, the name of seven or eight Israelites.

First appearance

1Sam 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (KJV)

Every verse that names Jeroham

10 occurrences in 10 verses — 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah

1Sam 1:11Chr 6:121Chr 6:191Chr 8:271Chr 9:81Chr 9:121Chr 12:81Chr 27:222Chr 23:1Neh 11:12

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