Strong's H7348 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: רְחוּם (Rᵉchûwm)

Pronunciation: rekh-oom'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Rehum = "compassion"

Derivation: a form of רַחוּם (rachûwm) [H7349];

Definition: Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites

KJV Renderings: Rehum.

Senses

1. an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1. also 'Nehum'
2. a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3. a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.