Hashum חָשֻׁם
Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem.
Biography
Hashum is mentioned as an ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity. In the lists of returnees recorded in Ezra and Nehemiah, the descendants of Hashum are numbered at 223 (Ezr.2.19) and 328 (Neh.7.22) respectively. Later, in the time of Ezra, some of the descendants of Hashum were found to have married foreign women and pledged to put them away (Ezr.10.33). No further information about Hashum is provided in the Bible. (Ezr.2.19; 10.33; Neh.7.22).
In Scripture
2 biblical books ; 2 with study contentEzra 2 verses Study available
- Ezra 2:19
"The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three."
Study Ezra → - Ezra 10:33
"Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei."
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Nehemiah 1 verse Study available
- Nehemiah 7:22
"The children of Hashum: three hundred twenty-eight."
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Names & Aliases
| Form | Language | Script | Strong's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named | Hebrew | חָשֻׁם | H2828G |
Hashum
.33">Ezr 10:33 (compare 1 Esdras 9:33, "Asom"), members of the same family are named among those who married foreign wives.
(2) One of those who stood on Ezra's left at the reading of the law (Ne 8:4; /APC 1Esdras 9:44, "Lothasubus"). The signer of the covenant (Ne 10:18) is possibly the same.
has-i-de'-anz (Hasidaioi, a transliteration of chacidhim, "the pious," "Puritans"): A name assumed by the orthodox Jews (1 Macc 2:42; 7:13) to distinguish them from the Hellenizing faction described in the Maccabea