Hashum

ha'-shum (chashum):

⇒See a list of verses on HASHUM in the Bible.

(1) In Ezr 2:19; Ne 7:22, "children of Hashum" are mentioned among the returning exiles. In Ezr 10:33 (compare 1 Esdras 9:33, "Asom"), members of the same family are named among those who married foreign wives.

(2) One of those who stood on Ezra's left at the reading of the law (Ne 8:4; 1 Esdras 9:44, "Lothasubus"). The signer of the covenant (Ne 10:18) is possibly the same.

⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.