הָמוֹן
tumult
also: murmur, roar, crowd, abundance fuller range ↓
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 52 times (61%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 30 times (35%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 2 times (2%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 85 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H1995 appears — 78 distinct verses across 17 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:14 הֶ/הָמ֖וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
- 1 Samuel 14:16 הֶ/הָמ֛וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
- 1 Samuel 14:19 וְ/הֶ/הָמ֗וֹן conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 6:19 הֲמ֣וֹן n c ms cs He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his house.
- 2 Samuel 18:29 הֶ/הָמ֨וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was.
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 18:41 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
- 1 Kings 20:13 הֶ/הָמ֥וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 20:28 הֶ/הָמ֨וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 7:13 ה/המון הֲמ֤וֹן הֲמ֥וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.
- 2 Kings 25:11 הֶ/הָמ֑וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms The residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 9 verses
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for them] many wives.
- 2 Chronicles 13:8 הָמ֣וֹן n c ms Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 הֶ/הָמ֖וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 הָמ֥וֹן n c ms Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi).
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 הֶ/הָמ֥וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 הֶ/הָמ֤וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 הֶ֣/הָמ֔וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 הֶ/הָמ֥וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 הֶ/הָמ֣וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:
Job 2 verses
Psalms 3 verses
- Psalms 37:16 מֵ֝/הֲמ֗וֹן prep + n c ms cs Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.
- Psalms 42:4 הָמ֥וֹן n c ms These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Psalms 65:7 וַ/הֲמ֥וֹן conj + n c ms cs Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the turmoil of the nations.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 5:13 וַ/הֲמוֹנ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitudes are parched with thirst.
- Isaiah 5:14 וַ/הֲמוֹנָ֛/הּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, And opened its mouth without measure; And their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
- Isaiah 13:4 הָמ֛וֹן n c ms The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
- Isaiah 16:14 הֶ/הָמ֣וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
- Isaiah 17:12 הֲמוֹן֙ n c ms cs Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isaiah 29:5 הֲמ֣וֹן הֲמ֣וֹן n c ms cs n c ms cs But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the awesome ones as chaff that passes away: yes, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
- Isaiah 29:7 הֲמוֹן֙ n c ms cs The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
- Isaiah 29:8 הֲמוֹן֙ n c ms cs It shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 31:4 וּ/מֵֽ/הֲמוֹנָ֖/ם conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For thus says Yahweh to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Yahweh of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Zion, and on the hill of it.
- Isaiah 32:14 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
- Isaiah 33:3 הָמ֔וֹן n c ms At the noise of the thunder the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered.
- Isaiah 60:5 הֲמ֣וֹן n c ms cs Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
- Isaiah 63:15 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 3:23 הָמ֣וֹן n c ms Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Jeremiah 10:13 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 47:3 הֲמ֖וֹן n c ms cs At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
- Jeremiah 49:32 וַ/הֲמ֤וֹן conj + n c ms cs Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:16 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 51:42 בַּ/הֲמ֥וֹן prep + n c ms cs The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
Ezekiel 23 verses
- Ezekiel 5:7 הֲמָנְ/כֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
- Ezekiel 7:11 מֵ/הֲמוֹנָ֛/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.
- Ezekiel 7:12 הֲמוֹנָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs The time is come, the day draws near: don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude of it.
- Ezekiel 7:13 הֲמוֹנָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
- Ezekiel 7:14 הֲמוֹנָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all the multitude of it.
- Ezekiel 23:42 הָמוֹן֮ n c ms The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns on their heads.
- Ezekiel 26:13 הֲמ֣וֹן n c ms cs I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
- Ezekiel 29:19 הֲמֹנָ֜/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
- Ezekiel 30:4 הֲמוֹנָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
- Ezekiel 30:10 הֲמ֣וֹן n c ms cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 30:15 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
- Ezekiel 31:2 הֲמוֹנ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
- Ezekiel 31:18 הֲמוֹנֹ֔/ה n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 32:12 הֲמוֹנֶ֔/ךָ הֲמוֹנָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude of it shall be destroyed.
- Ezekiel 32:16 הֲמוֹנָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs This is the lamentation with which they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 32:18 הֲמ֥וֹן n c ms cs Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.
- Ezekiel 32:20 הֲמוֹנֶֽי/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
- Ezekiel 32:24 הֲמוֹנָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 32:25 הֲמוֹנָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of those who are slain.
- Ezekiel 32:26 הֲמוֹנָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:31 המונ/ה הֲמוֹנ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 32:32 הֲמוֹנֹ֔/ה n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:11 הֲמוֹנֹ֔/ה n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop those who pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon Gog.
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 10:6 הָמֽוֹן n c ms his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- Daniel 11:10 הֲמוֹן֙ n c ms cs His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:11 הָמ֣וֹן הֶ/הָמ֖וֹן n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Daniel 11:12 הֶ/הָמ֖וֹן ptcl def.art + n c ms The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
- Daniel 11:13 הָמ֔וֹן n c ms The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army and with much substance.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
המון — transliterated hâmôwn — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “tumult.” Alongside “tumult” the lexicon also lists “murmur”, “roar”, and “crowd” — part of its full sense range. Spanning 78 verses in 17 books, it ranks among the moderately common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Ezekiel (29% of all occurrences). Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 17:4. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1995 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 78
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 78 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #481
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 481 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 78 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 23 verses 29%
- Isaiah 13 verses 17%
- 2 Chronicles 9 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 78 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 55 verses · 71%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 21 verses · 27%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 2 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Multitude 34×, All her multitude 4×, Tumult 4×
- American Standard Version†: Multitude 31×, Tumult 7×, Abundance 3×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Multitude 12×, Army 10×, Multitudes 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Multitude 25×, Multitudes 14×, Multitude of 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1995 across 83† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1995 across 84† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1995 across 81† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1995 across 85† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
המון I
- 1. sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar ψ 65:8 ה׳ לְאֻמִּים (‖ שְׁאוֹן יַמִּים etc.); cf. קוֹל ה׳ Is 13:4 sound of a roaring (‖ קוֹל שְׁאוֹן), 33:3 Dn 10:6; הֲמוֹן עַמִּים Is 17:12 (‖ שְׁאוֹן לְאֻמִּים) where again compared with הֲמוֹת יַמִּים; also 31:4 of throng of shepherds (‖ קוֹל); of a city ה׳ קִרְיָה Jb 39:7 (‖ תְּשֻׁאוֹת נֹגֵשׂ); cf. ה׳ עִיר = noisy city Is 32:14, הֲמוֹנָהּ Is 5:14; of sound of songs ה׳ שִׁירַיִךְ Ez 26:13 (‖ קוֹל כִּנּוֹרַיִךְ), cf. Am 5:23 (‖ זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ); of crying קוֹל ה׳ 1 S 4:14 (‖ קוֹל צְעָקָה); v. further הֲמוֹן מֵעִים fig. of sympathy Is 63:15 (‖ רַחֲמִים), cf. הָמָה 2; of rain קוֹל ה׳ הַגֶּשֶׁם 1 K 18:41, cf. Je 10:13 = 51:16;—of rumbling of chariot-wheels ה׳ גַּלְגִּלָּיו Je 47:3 (‖ קוֹל שַׁעֲטַת פַּרְסוֹת & רַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֹ). e.g. Psalms 65:8
- 2. tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1 S 14:19 2 S 18:29. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:19
- 3. crowd, multitude (especially freq. in Ez Ch):—
- a. frequently of great army Ju 4:7 1 S 14:16 1 K 20:13, 28 Is 29:5(×2) 2 Ch 13:8; 14:10; 20:2, 12, 15, 24; 32:7; cf. Ez 39:11; also 7:12, 13; 30:4 (cf. emend. supr.); on Je 3:23 cf. VB; v. further גֵּיא הֲמוֹן גּוֹג Ez 39:11, 15; Dn 11:10 (ה׳ חֲיָלִים רַבִּים) v 11(×2), 12, 13 (‖ חַיִל גָּדוֹל); also pl. Jo 4:14(×2). e.g. Judges 4:7
- b. of a whole people 2 S 6:19 Is 5:13; 16:14 Ez 7:11, 14; 29:19; 30:10, 15; 31:2, 18; 32:12(×2), 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32. e.g. 2 Samuel 6:19
- c. of any great throng 2 K 7:13(×2) (so MT 25:11, but ‖ Je 52:15 הָאָמוֹן) ψ 42:5 Jb 31:34 (ה׳ רַבָּה) Ez 23:42; ה׳ גּוֹיִם Gn 17:4, 5 (P) cf. Is 29:7, 8; so, under fig. of overwhelming mass of waves Je 51:42. e.g. 2 Kings 7:13
- 4. great number, abundance (late) ה׳ נָשִׁים 2 Ch 11:23; for וַיִּשְׁאַל הֲמַוֹן נָשִׁים PerlesAnal. 47 proposes וִיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נ׳ (cf. נשׂא 3 d); of cattle Je 49:32; of things: materials for temple-building 1 Ch 29:16; tithes & gifts 2 Ch 31:10. Hence e.g. 2 Chronicles 11:23
- 5. abundance, wealth, ψ 37:16 cf. Ec 5:9 (‖ כֶּסֶף), Is 60:5 (ה׳ יָם; ‖ חֵיל גּוֹיִם). e.g. Psalms 37:16
המון II rage, be turbulent (?denom. from המון Thes, after Rabb.
Qal
- Inf. sf. יַעַן הֲמָנְכֶם מִן־הַגּוֹיִם Ez 5:7 (Sm queries; Ew, after 𝔖 Aq, הִמָּנֵכֶם from מנה); read rather, with Bö Co Da, המרותכם (from מרה) because ye rebelled. e.g. Ezekiel 5:7
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Word origin
I. n.m. 1 S 4:14 (f. †Jb 31:34?) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance;—abs. ה׳ 1 S 4:14 + 27 times (+ 2 K 25:11 = אָמוֹן in ‖ Je 52:15, v. ii. אָמוֹן p. 54 supr.); cstr. הֲמוֹן Gn 17:4 + 30 times + Ez 39:11, 15 (גֵּיא הֲמוֹן גּוֹג); sf. הֲמוֹנוֹ Is 5:13 + 2 times + Ez 31:18 Qr + 3 times (Kt המונה); so also Co for n.pr. (?) הֲמוֹנָה (q.v.) 39:16; הַמוֹנָהּ Is 5:14 + 6 times + Ez 7:12, 13; 30:4 (all del. B Co; in 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ Ez 29:19; הֲמוֹנָם Is 31:4 Ez 7:11; pl. הֲמֹנִים Jo 4:14(×2); sf. הֲמוֹנֶיהָ Ez 32:30;—הֲמָנְכֶם Ez 5:7 v. sub המן infr.;—
I. vb. rage, be turbulent (?denom. from המון Thes, after Rabb.; cf. Ke RV; AV multiply; but very dub.)—only
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Derived from המה (hâmâh) (H1993) — to roar.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
הָמוֹן
- preced.) noise, tumult; multitude. Yoma 20ᵇ קול הֲמוֹנָהּ של רומי Ms. M. (ed. העיר); Lam. R. to V, 18; Macc. 24ᵃ קול ה׳ של רומי Ms. Ms. (ed. בבל); Yalk. Is. 278 המוני של כרך גדול (read: הֲמוֹנוֹ), the din of the city of Rome, v. פּוֹטְיוֹלִין. Macc. 10ᵃ (ref. to Koh. V, 9) ללמד בה׳ to teach before large crowds; (Yalk. Koh. 971 ללמוד בה׳ to study among a crowd of students).—Pl. הֲמוֹנִים. Ex. R. s. 11 אתם עשיתם ה׳ ה׳ וכ׳ you arranged troops against my children &c.—Cant. R. to VIII, 11 (play on המון, ib. באו עליהן המונות (read: המונים) hordes came against them. Ib. שהמו אחריהם הֲמוֹנֵי מלאכים (not מלכים) troops of angels rushed for them (to prevent them from receiving the Law, v. דָּדָה). Ib. שהמו אחר המוני המוניות, read: שהמו אחריהם המוניות, v. הְמוֹנוּת. e.g. Ecclesiastes 5:9
הָמוֹן ²
- , multitude. Targ. Is. XIII, 4. Targ. II Kings XXV, 11; a. e.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 75 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 78 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 17:4
- Judges 4:7
- 1 Samuel 4:14
- 2 Samuel 6:19
- 1 Kings 18:41
- 2 Kings 7:13
- 1 Chronicles 29:16
- 2 Chronicles 11:23
- Job 31:34
- Psalms 37:16
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
- Isaiah 5:13
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
