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Strong's #5151 - נַחוּם

Transliteration
Nachûwm
Phonetics
nakh-oom'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H5162)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Nahum = “comfort”

1) the Elkoshite, prophet who predicted the fall and destruction of Nineveh; writer of the book by his name; personal history and situation unknown

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Nahum 1
NAS (1)
Nahum 1
HCS (1)
Nahum 1
BSB (1)
Nahum 1
ESV (1)
Nahum 1
WEB (1)
Nahum 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 נַחוּם proper name, masculine ( comfort) the prophet Nahum , Nahum 1:1, ᵐ5 Ναουμ. **נַחוּם < = comforting, full of comfort (namely, is ׳י ? compare ARSK DB NAHUM Dr Nahum 1:1, Century Bible).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נַחוּם (“comfort,” “consolation”), [Nahum], pr.n. of a prophet, Nahum 1:1.


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List of Word Forms
נַח֖וּם נחום na·ḥūm naChum naḥūm
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