comforter; leader
(same as Nahamani)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NAHAM.The father of Keilah (1Ch_4:19).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Na'ham. (consolation). The brother of Modiah or Jehudiah, wife of Ezra. 1Ch_4:19.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nā?ham (נחם, naḥam, ?comfort?): A Judahite chieftain, father of Keilah the Garmite 1Ch_4:19; the passage is obscure.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Naham
(Heb. Naclh'am, נִחִם, consolation; Sept. Ναχέμ v. r. Ναχα μ, Ναχέθ), a brother of Holiah, the second or Jewish wife of Mered; and "father" of Keilah and Eshtemoa (1Ch_4:19). B.C. post 1612. He seems to have been the same called ISHBAH SEE ISHBAH (q.v.) in 1Ch_4:17. SEE MERED.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.