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Hashum
silence; their hasting
חָשֻׁם cha.shum
Hashum (Hebrew: חָשֻׁם, cha.shum) means “silence; their hasting”, by traditional interpretation. Three men in scripture bear the name; the best attested belongs to the Return period. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Anaiah in Nehemiah 8.
Which Hashum?
Three men in scripture bear this name. Here is each of them.
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Hashum
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Hashum
father of Zabad
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At a glance
- Verses
- 5 across 2 books
- Bearers
- 3 distinct people in scripture
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Return
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | Ezra 2:19 |
| Last appears | Nehemiah 10:18 |
| Cross-references | 39 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Mishael co-occurrence Appears with Mishael in Nehemiah 8.
- Maaseiah co-occurrence Appears with Maaseiah in Nehemiah 8.
- Hashbaddanah co-occurrence Appears with Hashbaddanah in Nehemiah 8.
- Malchijah co-occurrence Appears with Malchijah in Nehemiah 8.
- Hilkiah co-occurrence Appears with Hilkiah in Nehemiah 8.
- Mattithiah co-occurrence Appears with Mattithiah in Nehemiah 8.
- Meshullam co-occurrence Appears with Meshullam in Nehemiah 8.
- Anaiah co-occurrence Appears with Anaiah in Nehemiah 8.
Origin & meaning
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.19
§ Hashum = "rich"
1) head of a family of 223 exiles returning with Zerubbabel
2) one of the priests or Levites who stood on Ezra's left while he read the law
Hashum was an ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon.
The biblical story
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).
Key verses
Hashum appears in 3 verses. Here are some of the most notable:
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The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra 2:19 -
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
Ezra 10:33 -
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:22
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Ezra (2)
- Ezra 2:19
- Ezra 10:33
Nehemiah (1)
- Nehemiah 7:22