Meaning
Rehum re'-hum (rechum, or rechum):
(1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2, Neh 7:7 (by a copyist's error "Nehum"); Ne 12:3, /RAPC 1Es 5:8, "Roimus").
(2) A Persian officer of high rank (literally, "master of judgment, taste, reason") who with others wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes (Ezr 4:8, Ezr 4:9, Ezr 4:17, Ezr 4:23).
(3) Son of Bani, a Levite, one of the wall-builders under Nehemiah (Ne 3:17).
(4) One of the signers of the covenant in Ne 10:25.
(5) In Ne 12:3 (omitted in the Septuagint) one Rehum is mentioned with those who went up with Zerubbabel. It is probable that we should read here "Harim" (charim for rechum of Ne 12:15).
W. N. Stearns
