GREEK · G3486
Ναούμ
Naoum — Nahum
Ναούμ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. נַחוּם;), Nahum: Luk.3:25.† (AS)
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Nahum
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5151
נַחוּם
na.chum — Nahum
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Nam.1.1 § Nahum = "comfort" the Elkoshite, prophet who predicted the fall and destruction of Nineveh; writer of the book by his name; personal history and situation unknown
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Καπερναούμ
Kapernaoum — Capernaum
καφαρναούμ (Καπερ-, Rec., see WH, App. 160), ἡ (Heb. נַחוּם כָּפָר Nahum's village) Capernaum: Mat.4:13, Mrk.1:21, Jhn.2:12, al (AS)
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Consolation, the seventh of the so-called minor prophets, an Elkoshite. All we know of him is recorded in the book of his prophecies. He was probably a native of Galilee, and after the deportation of the ten tribes took up his residence in Jerusalem. Others think that Elkosh was the name of a place on the east bank of the Tigris, and that Nahum dwelt there.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.