Get to know Nahum better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like prophet or book.
Nahum in a sentence
Nahum meaning
- A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
- The minor prophet who wrote that book.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Using Nahum
- The main meaning on this page is: A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible. | The minor prophet who wrote that book. | A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- Useful related words include: prophet, book of nahum, book.
Context around Nahum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nahum
- In this selection, "nahum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, richards, benched, old, 2004, introduction and tower stand out and add context to how "nahum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include nahum 2004 p and by architect nahum meltzer opened. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nahum" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nahum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sketch of the Nahum Tower by Marion Greenhouse. (8 words)
Ishmael dies on their journey near a place called "Nahum". (10 words)
Works main Nahum's writings could be taken as prophecy or as history. (13 words)
The opening passage (Nahum 1:2–3) states: "God is jealous, and the L ORD revengeth; the L ORD revengeth, and is furious; the L ORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (39 words)
This theory is demonstrated by the fact that the oracles must be dated after the Assyrian destruction of Thebes, Egypt in 663 BC as this event is mentioned in Nahum 3:8. (32 words)
Nahum 2004, p. 35. However he was allowed to continue at Cambridge for a year doing post-graduate work which gave him time to work on the turbojet. (28 words)
Example sentences (17)
Kent H. Richards, Nahum Introduction: The Harper Collins Study Bible, (New York: Harper Collins, 2006) 1250 Author main Little is known about Nahum’s personal history.
Sketch of the Nahum Tower by Marion Greenhouse.
Weymouth's quartet were fielded at the expense of the benched Nahum Melvin-Lambert and Scott Rees.
The new episode also showed best mates 24-year-old Dean and 23-year-old Nahum after a car crash, as well as registrar Stephen Ojo.
A complete reconstruction, to plans drawn up by architect Nahum Meltzer, opened in March 2010.
Background According to some, Nahum prophesied in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (740s BC).
Ishmael dies on their journey near a place called "Nahum".
Nahum 1:3 (NIV) The L ORD is slow to anger and Quick to love; the L ORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
Nahum 2004, p. 102. Whittle met with Cripps to object personally to the nationalisation efforts and how they were being handled, but to no avail.
Nahum 2004, p. 28. With that the jet engine was finally on its way to becoming a reality.
Nahum 2004, p. 35. However he was allowed to continue at Cambridge for a year doing post-graduate work which gave him time to work on the turbojet.
Nahum Tate as Poet Laureate had rewritten the tragedy of King Lear with a happy ending.
The book of the prophet Nahum is almost exclusively taken up with prophetic denunciations against Nineveh.
Themes The fall of Nineveh Nahum's prophecy carries a particular warning to the Ninevites of coming events, although he is partly in favor of the destruction.
The opening passage (Nahum 1:2–3) states: "God is jealous, and the L ORD revengeth; the L ORD revengeth, and is furious; the L ORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
This theory is demonstrated by the fact that the oracles must be dated after the Assyrian destruction of Thebes, Egypt in 663 BC as this event is mentioned in Nahum 3:8.
Works main Nahum's writings could be taken as prophecy or as history.