Definition of Book of Nahum

1. Noun. An Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh.

Exact synonyms: Nahum
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Nebiim, Prophets

Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Nahum

Book of Haggai
Book of Hosea
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Job
Book of Joel
Book of Jonah
Book of Joshua
Book of Judges
Book of Judith
Book of Lamentations
Book of Leviticus
Book of Malachi
Book of Micah
Book of Mormon
Book of Nahum (current term)
Book of Nehemiah
Book of Numbers
Book of Obadiah
Book of Proverbs
Book of Psalms
Book of Revelation
Book of Ruth
Book of Susanna
Book of Tobit
Book of Zachariah
Book of Zephaniah
Book of the Dead
Book of the Prophet Daniel
Book syndrome

Literary usage of Book of Nahum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1906)
"JOURNAL OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE Volume XXVI Part I The Book of Nahum * PAUL HAUPT, LL.D. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN my address on Purim, which I delivered ..."

2. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"CHAPTER VI THE Book of Nahum THE Book of Nahum consists of a double title and three odes. The title runs Oracle of Niniveh: Book of the Vision of Nahum the ..."

3. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk by John Merlin Powis Smith, William Hayes Ward, Julius August Bewer (1911)
"INTRODUCTION TO THE Book of Nahum. § i. THE Book of Nahum. Its Contents. The first section of the book of Nahum as it now stands sets forth the avenging ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"We will deal only with what may be gathered from the canonical Book of Nahum, the only available first-hand document at our disposal. From its title (i, 1), ..."

5. The History of the Hebrew Nation and Its Literature: With an Appendix on the by Samuel Sharpe (1882)
"The Book of Nahum also is of this time, and its noble heart-stirring eloquence, not even falling below that of Joel, well declares the excitement of the ..."

6. Historic Notes on the Books of the Old and New Testaments by Samuel Sharpe (1858)
"ON THE Book of Nahum. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, O Judah! For the wicked shall no more ..."

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