King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7348
Transliteration: Rchuwm
Phonetic Spelling: (rekh-oom')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "compassion", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Rehum -- "compassion", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Rchuwm: "compassion", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: רְחוּםTransliteration: Rchuwm
Phonetic Spelling: (rekh-oom')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "compassion", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Rehum -- "compassion", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Rehum A form of rachuwm; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites -- Rehum.
see HEBREW rachuwm
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7348. Rchuwm
רְחֻם רְחוּם, proper name, masculine (compassion, or softness, Gentleness ?); — post-exilic name:
1 with Zerubbabel:
a. רְחוּם Ezra 2:2, A Ιρεουμ’, ᵐ5L Ναουμ ( = נְחוּם "" Nehemiah 7:7).
b. priest, רְחֻם Nehemiah 12:3 Ρεουμ ( = חָרִם 12:15, compare 7:42 = Ezra 2:39; 10:21, see חָרִם 3a).
2 רְחוּם, with Nehemiah:
a. Levite Nehemiah 3:17, Βασουθ, א A ᵐ5L Ραουμ.
b. Nehemiah 10:26, Ρα[ε]ουμ.
רְחוּם proper name, masculine Persian official Ezra 4:8 (usually explained from √ רחם, see Biblical Hebrew; Scheft92 thinks possibly originally רוחם, Old Iranian proper name rukma, = splendour).