Menahem — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְנַחֵם

מְנַחֵם

Mᵉnachêm · pronounced men-akh-ame' · Strong's H4505 · a man

Menahem means comforter.

Built from

נָחַם nâcham (from, H5162) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H5162; comforter; Menachem, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Kgs 15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (KJV)

Every verse that names Menahem

8 occurrences in 8 verses — 2 Kings

2Kgs 15:142Kgs 15:162Kgs 15:172Kgs 15:192Kgs 15:202Kgs 15:212Kgs 15:222Kgs 15:23

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