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Rumah — the meaning of the Hebrew name רוּמָה

רוּמָה

Rûwmâh · pronounced roo-maw' · Strong's H7316 · a place

Rumah means height.

Built from

רוּם rûwm (from, H7311) — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H7311; height; Rumah, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

2Kgs 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (KJV)

Every verse that names Rumah

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Kings

2Kgs 23:36

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