Menachem

men-akh-ame'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Mᵉnachêm

“Menachem, an Israelite”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Menachem, an Israelite

Rendered in the KJV as

Menahem.

8
occurrencesin the Old Testament
1 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

מְנַחֵ֨ם3
מְנַחֵ֖ם2
מְ֠נַחֵם1
מְנַחֵם֙1
מְנַחֵ֧ם1

How it is rendered · 1

Menahem8

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)8

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HNpm · 8

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The ledger of occurrences

2 Kings8 occurrences

2 Kings 15:14מְנַחֵ֨םmenachemproper noun (a name)Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:16מְ֠נַחֵםmenachemproper noun (a name)At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:17מְנַחֵ֨םmenachemproper noun (a name)In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:19מְנַחֵם֙menachemproper noun (a name)Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:20מְנַחֵ֨םmenachemproper noun (a name)Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:21מְנַחֵ֖םmenachemproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:22מְנַחֵ֖םmenachemproper noun (a name)And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.here: Menahem
2 Kings 15:23מְנַחֵ֧םmenachemproper noun (a name)In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.here: Menahem

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