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Rchuwm <a href="../hebrew/7348a.htm" title="7348a">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Rchuwm: Rehum</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">רְחוּם</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Rchuwm<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>rekh-HOOM<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(rekh-oom')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Rehum<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Rechum<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root רָחַם (racham), meaning "to have compassion" or "to show mercy."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for the name Rehum in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew texts.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The name "Rehum" is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to several individuals. It is often associated with those who have a role in leadership or administration, particularly in the context of the post-exilic period. The name itself suggests a character of compassion or mercy, reflecting the root meaning of the word.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The name Rehum appears in the context of the return from Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. This period was marked by efforts to restore the religious and social structures of the Jewish people. Names like Rehum, which carry meanings of compassion and mercy, may reflect the hope and renewal that characterized this era. The individuals named Rehum were often involved in administrative or leadership roles, indicating the importance of governance and organization in the restoration process.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">רְחוּם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">רְחֻם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> (<em>compassion</em>, or <em>softness, Gentleness</em> ?); — post-exilic name: <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>with Zerubbabel:</b></font> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>a.</b></font> <font class="hebrew2">רְחוּם</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/2-2.htm">Ezra 2:2</a>, A <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ιρεουμ’</font>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ναουμ</font> ( = <font class="hebrew2">נְחוּם</font> "" <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7-7.htm">Nehemiah 7:7</a>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>b.</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>priest</b></font>, <font class="hebrew2">רְחֻם</font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12-3.htm">Nehemiah 12:3</a> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ρεουμ</font> ( = <font class="hebrew2">חָרִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12-15.htm">Nehemiah 12:15</a>, compare <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7-42.htm">Nehemiah 7:42</a> = <a href="/interlinear/ezra/2-39.htm">Ezra 2:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/10-21.htm">Ezra 10:21</a>, see <font class="hebrew2">חָרִם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3a</b></font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <font class="hebrew2">רְחוּם</font>, with Nehemiah: </p><p style="sub1"><p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>a.</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Levite</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/3-17.htm">Nehemiah 3:17</a>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Βασουθ</font>, <font class="hebrew2">א</font> A <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ραουμ</font>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>b.</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/10-26.htm">Nehemiah 10:26</a>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ρα[ε]ουμ</font>. <p> <font class="hebrew2">רְחוּם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Persian official</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-8.htm">Ezra 4:8</a> (usually explained from √ <font class="hebrew2">רחם</font>, see Biblical Hebrew; Scheft<sup>92</sup> thinks possibly originally <font class="hebrew2">רוחם</font>, Old Iranian proper name <i><em>rukma</em></i>, = <em>splendour</em>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Rehum <p>A form of <a href="/hebrew/7349.htm">rachuwm</a>; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites -- Rehum. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7349.htm">rachuwm</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>רְח֛וּם רְח֣וּם רְח֤וּם רְח֥וּם רְחֻ֖ם רחום רחם rə·ḥum rə·ḥūm reChum rəḥum rəḥūm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 2:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִסְפָּ֥ר בִּגְוַ֖י <b> רְח֣וּם </b> בַּעֲנָ֑ה מִסְפַּ֕ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Bigvai, <span class="itali">Rehum</span> [and] Baanah.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Bigvai, <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> Baanah.<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Mispar Bigvai <span class="itali">Rehum</span> Baanah the number<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> רְח֣וּם </b> בְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum</span> the commander and Shimshai<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum</span> the chancellor and Shimshai<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum</span> chancellor chancellor<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֱדַ֜יִן <b> רְח֣וּם </b> בְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then <span class="itali">[wrote] Rehum</span> the commander<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Then <span class="itali">[wrote] Rehum</span> the chancellor,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> then <span class="itali">Rehum</span> chancellor chancellor<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַלְכָּ֗א עַל־ <b> רְח֤וּם </b> בְּעֵל־ טְעֵם֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> an answer <span class="itali">to Rehum</span> the commander,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto <span class="itali">Rehum</span> the chancellor,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the king unto <span class="itali">to Rehum</span> chancellor chancellor<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קֱרִ֧י קֳדָם־ <b> רְח֛וּם </b> וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י סָפְרָ֖א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> before <span class="itali">Rehum</span> and Shimshai<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> before <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> and Shimshai<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was read before <span class="itali">Rehum</span> and Shimshai the scribe<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 3:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ הַלְוִיִּ֖ם <b> רְח֣וּם </b> בֶּן־ בָּנִ֑י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out repairs <span class="itali">[under] Rehum</span> the son<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Levites, <span class="itali">Rehum</span> the son<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> carried the Levites <span class="itali">Rehum</span> the son of Bani<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 10:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> רְח֥וּם </b> חֲשַׁבְנָ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> Hashabnah, Maaseiah,<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> Hashabnah, Maaseiah,<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Rehum</span> Hashabnah Maaseiah<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 12:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה <b> רְחֻ֖ם </b> מְרֵמֹֽת׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Shecaniah, <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> Meremoth,<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Shechaniah, <span class="itali">Rehum,</span> Meremoth,<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Shecaniah <span 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