מְהוּמָהmᵉhûwmâh

Meanings

Same root

• הוּםhûwm · H1949to make an uproar, or agitate greatly

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 7:23 But the Lord your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:20 “The Lord himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me.
• 1 Samuel 5:9 But when the Ark arrived at Gath, the Lord’s heavy hand fell on its men, young and old; he struck them with a plague of tumors, and there was a great panic.
• 1 Samuel 5:11 The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.
• 1 Samuel 14:20 Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the Philistines killing each other. There was terrible confusion everywhere.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5 “During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land.