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Tanhumeth — the meaning of the Hebrew name תַּנְחֻמֶת

תַּנְחֻמֶת

Tanchumeth · pronounced tan-khoo'-meth · Strong's H8576 · a man

Tanhumeth means Tanchumeth, an Israelite.

Built from

תַּנְחוּם tanchûwm (for, H8575) — compassion, solace open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

for H8575 (feminine); Tanchumeth, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Kgs 25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (KJV)

Every verse that names Tanhumeth

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 2 Kings, Jeremiah

2Kgs 25:23Jer 40:8

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