חַשּׁוּבChashshûwb

proper name, masculine: considerate

Pronunciation: khash-shoob' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2815

Meanings

1. a Levite chief (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15)

2. builders at the wall

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:14 The Levites who returned were Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
  • Nehemiah 3:11 Then came Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab, who repaired another section of the wall and the Tower of the Ovens.
  • Nehemiah 3:23 After them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired the section across from their house, and Azariah son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah repaired the section across from his house.
  • Nehemiah 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
  • Nehemiah 11:15 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).