Strongs Number: H5151
- Hebrew Word
- נַחוּם
- Transliteration
- Nachûwm
- Phonetic
- nakh-oom'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
comfortable; {Nachum} an Israelitish prophet
- BDB Definition
-
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
- Origin
- From H5162
- Bible Usage
- Nahum.