Bible Dictionary

Hashum

Opulent. (1.) Ezra 2:19; Neh. 7:22. (2.) Stood on Ezra’s left hand while he read the law (Neh. 8:4).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Opulent. ) Ezra 2:19; Neh. 7:22. ) Stood on Ezra’s left hand while he read the law (Neh. 8:4).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(rich).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

HA'SHUM (rich). One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:19; Neh 7:22. Several of these descendants had married foreign women, Ezr 10:33. Representatives of them sealed the covenant, Neh 10:18. One who stood on Ezra's left hand while he publicly read the Law, Neh 8:4.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

silence; their hasting