Rehum

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Rehum
     merciful. (1.) One of "the children of the province" who
     returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as "Nehum"
     (Neh. 7:7).
     
       (2.) The "chancellor" of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up


     against the Jews (Ezra 4:8-24) and prevent the rebuilding of the
     walls and the temple of Jerusalem.
     
       (3.) A Levite (Neh. 3:17).
     
       (4.) Neh. 10:25.
     
       (5.) A priest (Neh. 12:3).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Rehum, merciful; compassionate