Word Study · Strong's H7348 · Hebrew
רְחוּם
Rechum
rekh-oom'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rᵉchûwm
“Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Rehum.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- רְח֣וּם4
- רְח֥וּם1
- רְח֤וּם1
- רְח֛וּם1
- רְחֻ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 1
- Rehum8
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANpm · 4
- HNpm · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra5 occurrences
- Ezra 2:2רְח֣וּםrechumproper noun (a name)accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:here: Rehum
- Ezra 4:8רְח֣וּםrechumproper noun (a name)Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:here: Rehum
- Ezra 4:9רְח֣וּםrechumproper noun (a name)From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,here: Rehum
- Ezra 4:17רְח֤וּםrechumproper noun (a name)Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.here: Rehum
- Ezra 4:23רְח֛וּםrechumproper noun (a name)When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.here: Rehum
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:17רְח֣וּםrechumproper noun (a name)Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.here: Rehum
- Nehemiah 10:25רְח֥וּםrechumproper noun (a name)Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,here: Rehum
- Nehemiah 12:3רְחֻ֖םrechumproper noun (a name)Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,here: Rehum