הָמוֹןhâmôwn
sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
Pronunciation: haw-mone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1995
Meanings
1. of rain, sound, murmur, rush, roar, murmur, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people (Psalms 65:8; Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 33:3)
2. tumult, confusion, (as occasioning a roar) (1 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 18:29)
3. crowd, multitude
4. great number, abundance (2 Chronicles 11:23; Jeremiah 49:32; 1 Chronicles 29:16)
5. abundance, wealth (Psalms 37:16; Ecclesiastes 5:9; Isaiah 60:5)
Same root
- הָמָהhâmâh · H1993to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
- אָמוֹןʼâmôwn · H527a throng of people
- בַּעַל הָמוֹןBaʻal Hâmôwn · H1174Baal-Hamon, a place in Palestine
- הֲמוֹן גּוֹגHămôwn Gôwg · H1996the multitude of Gog; the fanciful name of an emblematic place in Palestine
- הֲמוֹנָהHămôwnâh · H1997Hamonah
Where it appears
Appears 83 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:4 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
- Genesis 17:5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
- Judges 4:7 And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will give you victory over him.”
- 1 Samuel 4:14 “What is all the noise about?” Eli asked. The messenger rushed over to Eli,
- 1 Samuel 14:16 Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.
- 1 Samuel 14:19 But while Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp grew louder and louder. So Saul said to the priest, “Never mind; let’s get going!”
See every passage
- Genesis 17:4, 17:5
- Judges 4:7
- 1 Samuel 4:14, 14:16, 14:19
- 2 Samuel 6:19, 18:29
- 1 Kings 18:41, 20:13, 20:28
- 2 Kings 7:13, 25:11
- 1 Chronicles 29:16
- 2 Chronicles 11:23, 13:8, 14:11, 20:2, 20:12, 20:15, 20:24, 31:10, 32:7
- Job 31:34, 39:7
- Psalms 37:16, 42:4, 65:7
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
- Isaiah 5:13, 5:14, 13:4, 16:14, 17:12, 29:5, 29:7, 29:8, 31:4, 32:14, 33:3, 60:5, 63:15
- Jeremiah 3:23, 10:13, 47:3, 49:32, 51:16, 51:42
- Ezekiel 5:7, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 23:42, 26:13, 29:19, 30:4, 30:10, 30:15, 31:2, 31:18, 32:12, 32:16, 32:18, 32:20, 32:24, 32:25, 32:26, 32:31, 32:32, 39:11
- Daniel 10:6, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 11:13
- Joel 3:14
- Amos 5:23
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).