Meaning & History
Hebrew word meaning "to comfort, to console" [1] .
Related Items
Given Name DescendantsMenahem, Nahum, Nehemiah (Biblical) Manaem, Naoum, Neemias (Biblical Greek) Menachem, Nachum, Nechemya (Biblical Hebrew) Manahem, Naum, Neemias (Biblical Latin) Naum (Bulgarian) Menachem, Menahem, Nachman, Nachum, Nechama (Hebrew) Naum (Macedonian) Naum (Russian) Nehemías (Spanish)
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5162, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5162.
Entry updated May 26, 2026