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Nahum — the meaning of the Hebrew name נַחוּם

נַחוּם

Nachûwm · pronounced nakh-oom' · Strong's H5151 · a man

Nahum means comfortable.

Built from

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

Strong's definition

from H5162; comfortable; Nachum, an Israelite prophet.

First appearance

Nah 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (KJV)

Every verse that names Nahum

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Nahum

Nah 1:1

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