Bible Dictionary

Naum

The name Naum means “same as Nahum”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(consolation), son of Esli, and father of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ, (Luke 3:25) about contemporary with the high priesthood of Jason all the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. (B.C.175.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

na'-um: the King James Version form, NAHUM (which see), the name of an ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:25).