Bible Person
Meaning: merciful; compassionate · Male · 5 cross references
Rehum, also called Nehum in parallel records, is one of the returnees from exile whose name continues into covenant and priestly lists. He belongs to the generation rebuilding community identity after Babylon. First appears in Ezra 2:2.1
AI summary: Rehum matters because the cross references place him within the continuity of return, covenant, and priestly remembrance after exile. His name appears among early returnees and later communal lists, which shows that the work of restoration is carried through named households and leaders over time. He is not dramatically profiled, but he is part of the fabric of renewal. Taken together, the material presents Rehum as a return-era figure woven into the ongoing reconstruction of the people.1
Central Figure
Rehum
Meaning: merciful; compassionate
One of “the children of the province” who returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as “Nehum” (Neh.
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.