Nehum
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
NEHUM. One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community ( Nehemiah 7:7 ); prob. a scribal error for Rehum of Ezra 2:2 called in Esther 5:8 Esther 5:8 Roimus.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ne'hum. (consolation). One of those, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Nehemiah 7:7.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
Nehemiah 7:7. REHUM in Ezra 2:2.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
See REHUM.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. Nechum', נְחוּם, if genuine, i.q. Nahum, i.e., consoled, but prob. by erroneous transcription for, רְחוּ, i.e., Rechum; Sept. Ι᾿ναούμ, but most MSS. have Ναούμ; Vulg. Nahum), one of the Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7); called REHUM (See Rehum) (q.v.) in the parallel list (Ezra 2:2).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
nē´hum ( נחוּם , neḥūm ): One of the twelve heads of the people who returned with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 7:7 ). In the parallel passage (Ezra 2:2 ), the name appears as Rehum (which see), and in 1 Esdras 5:8 as "Roimus."
