2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Nahum 
  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 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Nahum,  comforter;  penitent 
 

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