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Harim

Meaning: flat-nosed

This is the name of several biblical men.

1. Harim, a priest

   He was the head of the 3rd course of 24 divisions of priests (1 Chronicles 24:8).

2. Harim, head of a non-priestly family with 320 members who returned from the Exile with Prince Zerubbabel

   Ezra 2:32; Neh. 7:35

   Eight members of this family were found to have wrongfully married Gentile women, whom they later divorced.

   Harim’s son Malchijah (aka Malchiah) was one of those who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem, including the Tower of the Furnaces (Neh. 3:11). His seal was on the renewed covenant with God made by the captives who returned from Babylonian captivity (Neh. 10:28).

3. Harim, a head of a large priestly family who came with Prince Zerubbabel to Jerusalem after the Exile

   There were 1017 members in this returned family.

   Ezra 2:39; Neh. 7:42; 12:12-15

4. Harim, one of the men whose name was on a sealed document with that of Governor Nehemiah

   He was either a leader, a prince, a Levite, or a priest (Neh. 9:38; 10:1-5

More information

• What is a Hebrew priest?
• Who is Zerubbabel? and what is his significance?
• Who is governor Nehemiah?
• What is The Exile in the Bible?
• Men of the Bible