consolation; repentance
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
TANHUMETH.The father (?) of Seraiah, one of the Heb. captains who joined Gedaliah at Mizpah (2Ki_25:23, Jer_40:8).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Jer_40:8; 2Ki_25:23.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Tan'humeth. (consolation). The father of Seraiah, in the time of Gedaliah. 2Ki_25:23; Jer_40:8. (B.C. before 582).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
tan-hū?meth (תּנחמת, tanḥumeth): One of those who were left in Judah by Nebuchadnezzar under the governorship of Gedallah (2Ki_25:23; Jer_40:8).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
[some Tanhu'meth] (Heb. Tanchu'meth, תִּנְחֻמֶת, consolation; Sept. Θαναμάθ or Θαναεμέθ v.r. Θανεμάθ, etc.; Vulg. Thanehumeth) the father (Fürst says mother, as the name is fem.) of Seraiah, in the time of Gedaliah (2Ki_25:23, where he appears as a Netophathite by the clerical omission of another name, as is evident from the parallel passage, Jer_40:8). B.C. ante 582.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.