Châshum — H2828

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chashum, the name of two or three Israelites

1. Hashum = "rich"
2. head of a family of 223 exiles returning with Zerubbabel
3. one of the priests or Levites who stood on Ezra's left while he read the law

Usually translated as

Hashum

Origin

from the same as H2831; enriched

• Same as Chashman (H2831)

Occurrences

Châshum occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Nehemiah (3)

• Ezra 2:19 — The children of Hashum (חָשֻׁ֔ם), two hundred twenty and three.
• Ezra 10:33 — Of the sons of Hashum (חָשֻׁ֑ם); Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
• Nehemiah 7:22 — The children of Hashum (חָשֻׁ֔ם), three hundred twenty and eight.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum (וְחָשֻׁ֥ם), and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Nehemiah 10:18 — Hodijah, Hashum (חָשֻׁ֖ם), Bezai,