Bible Names

Nahum: meaning of the name

Nahum means “comforter; penitent.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Nahum in Hebrew and Greek

נַחוּם H5151

Nachûwm (nakh-oom') — Nachum, an Israelite prophet

from H5162 (נָחַם); comfortable;

Who named Nahum in the Bible

Nahum in Scripture

“Nahum” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Nahum 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.