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Nehum — the meaning of the Hebrew name נְחוּם

נְחוּם

Nᵉchûwm · pronounced neh-khoom' · Strong's H5149 · a man

Nehum means comforted.

Built from

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

Strong's definition

from H5162; comforted; Nechum, an Israelite.

First appearance

Neh 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; (KJV)

Every verse that names Nehum

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Nehemiah

Neh 7:7

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