Tanchumeth — H8576

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tanchumeth, an Israelite

1. Tanhumeth = "consolation"
2. father of Seraiah, a leader who joined Gedaliah after Jerusalem's fall

Usually translated as

Tanhumeth

Origin

for H8575 (feminine)

• Tanchûwm (H8575)

Occurrences

Tanchumeth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Kings 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 (תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת) the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
• Jeremiah 40:8 — Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth (תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת), and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.