Nahum Definition

nāhəm, nāəm
noun
A Hebrew prophet of the 7th cent. b.c.
Webster's New World
The book of his prophecies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Book of Nahum

Origin of Nahum

  • Hebrew naḥûm comfort from niḥam to console nḥm in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nahum Sentence Examples

  • See his Writings, Political, Judicial and Literary (3 vols., Boston, 1852), edited by Nahum Capen; and an article in the New England Magazine, new series, xxxvii.

  • These were followed by commentaries on Job, Ezekiel, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah, in the Cambridge series; and a Bible-class primer on The Exile and Restoration.

  • In Nahum he is the great avenger before whom the mountains quake, but a stronghold and a refuge to his own.

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Words Starting With

NNANAH

Words Ending With

MUMHUM

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