Every Name in Tanakh

רְחוּם Rehum

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 254×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for a Persian and of three Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:2 and last at Nehemiah 12:3.

Ezra 2:2עזרא ב:ב

אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָה רְֽעֵלָיָה מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפָּר בִּגְוַי רְחוּם בַּעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: .

Nehemiah 3:17נחמיה ג:יז

אַחֲרָיו הֶחֱזִיקוּ הַלְוִיִּם רְחוּם בֶּן־בָּנִי עַל־יָדוֹ הֶחֱזִיק חֲשַׁבְיָה שַׂר־חֲצִי־פֶלֶךְ קְעִילָה לְפִלְכּֽוֹ

After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Rehum?

Rehum — רחום in Hebrew — has a gematria of 254 in the standard method.

How many times is Rehum named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Ezra 2:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word רחום stands 12 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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