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REHUM.—1. One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community (Ezr_2:2; in Neh_7:7, perhaps by a copyist’s error, Nehum; in 1Es_5:8 Roimus). 2. ‘The chancellor’ (Ezr_4:8-9; Ezr_4:17; Ezr_4:23; in 1Es_2:16 Rathumus). See Beeltethmus. 3. A Levite who helped to repair the wall (Neh_3:17). 4. One of those who sealed the covenant (Neh_10:25 (26)). 5. The eponym of a priestly family (Neh_12:3). See Harim, 2.