Nᵉchûwm — H5149

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nechum, an Israelite

1. Nehum = "comfort"
2. one of the exiles who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Nehum

Origin

from H5162; comforted

• Derived from Nâcham (H5162)

Occurrences

Nᵉchûwm occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (1)

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