Lexical 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). |
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