Strong's Lexicon

H1995

H1995 — הָמוֹן הָמוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhamownnoun mascOccurrences: 85TWOT: 505a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1995
Word:הָמוֹן הָמוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1993
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:85
Transliteration:hamown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:haw-mone' (or hamon (Ezek. 5) n-m.
Meaning:1. a noise, tumult, crowd 2. also disquietude, wealth
KJV Renderings:abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.

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הָמוֺן noun masculine 1Sam 4:14 (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ׳ ה 1Sam 4:14 + 27 t. ( + 2Kgs 25:11 = אָמוֺן in || Jer 52:15, see II. אָמוֺן above); construct הֲמוֺן Gen 17:14 + 30 t. + Ezek 39:11 ; Ezek 39:15 (גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג); suffix הֲמוֺנוֺ Isa 5:13 + 2 t. + Ezek 31:18 Qr + 3 t. ( Kt המונה); so also Co for proper name (?) הֲמוֺנָה (q. v.) Ezek 39:16 הַמוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14 + 6 t. + Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13; Ezek 30:4 (all strike out B Co; in Ezek 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ Ezek 29:19 הֲמוֺנָם Isa 31:4; Ezek 7:11 plural הֲמֹנִים Joel 4:14 (twice in verse); suffix הֲמוֺנֶיהָ Ezek 32:30הֲמָנְכֶם Ezek 5:7 see below המן below; —

1. sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar Ps 65:8 לְאֻמִּים ׳ ה (|| שְׁאוֺן יַמִּים etc.); compare ׳ קוֺל ה Isa 13:4 sound of a roaring (|| קוֺל שְׁאוֺן), Isa 33:3; Dan 10:6 הֲמוֺן עַמִּים Isa 17:12 (|| שְׁאוֺן לְאֻמִּים) where again compared with הֲמוֺת יַמִּים; also Isa 31:4 of throng of shepherds (|| קוֺל); of a city ׳ ה קִרְיָה Job 39:7 (|| תְּשֻׁאוֺת נֹגֵשׂ); compare עִיר ׳ ה = noisy city Isa 32:14, הֲמוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14 of sound of songs שִׁירַיִךְ ׳ ה Ezek 26:13 (|| קוֺל כִנּוֺרַיִךְ), compare Amos 5:23 (|| זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ); of crying ׳ קוֺל ה 1Sam 4:14 (|| קוֺל) צְעָקָה; see further הֲמוֺן מֵעִים figurative of sympathy Isa 63:15 (|| רַחֲמִים), compare הָמָה 2; of rain הַגֶּשֶׁם ׳ קוֺל ה 1Kgs 18:41 , compare Jer 10:13 = Jer 51:16 — of rumbling of chariot-wheels גַּלְגִּלָּיו ׳ ה Jer 47:3 (|| קוֺל שַׁעֲטַת פַּרְסוֺת & רַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֺ).
2. tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1Sam 14:19; 2Sam 18:29.
3. crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —
a. frequently of great army Judg 4:7; 1Sam 14:16; 1Kgs 20:13; 1Kgs 20:28; Isa 29:5 (twice in verse); 2Chr 13:8; 2Chr 14:10 ; 2Chr 20:2; 2Chr 20:12 ; 2Chr 20:15; 2Chr 20:24; 2Chr 32:7 compare Ezek 39:11 also Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13; Ezek 30:4 (compare emendation above); on Jer 3:23 compare VB ; see further גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג Ezek 39:11 ; Ezek 39:15; Dan 11:10 (חֲיָלִים רַבִּים ׳ ה) Dan 11:11 Dan 11:11 Dan 11:12 Dan 11:13 (|| חַיִל גָּדוֺל); also plural Joel Dan 4:14 (twice in verse).
b. of a whole people 2Sam 6:19; Isa 5:13; Isa 16:14; Ezek 7:11; Ezek 7:14; Ezek 29:19 ; Ezek 30:10; Ezek 30:15; Ezek 31:2; Ezek 31:18; Ezek 32:12 (twice in verse); Ezek 32:16 ; Ezek 32:18 ; Ezek 32:20; Ezek 32:24; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:26; Ezek 32:31; Ezek 32:32
c. of any great throng 2Kgs 7:13 (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0 2Kgs 25:11 , but || Jer 52:15 הָאָמוֺן) Ps 42:5; Job 31:34 (רַבָּה ׳ ה) Ezek 23:42 גּוֺיִם ׳ ה Gen 17:4; Gen 17:5 ( P ) compare Isa 29:7; Isa 29:8 so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves Jer 51:42.
4. great number, abundance (late) נָשִׁים ׳ ה 2Chr 11:23
for וַיִּשְׁאַל הֲמַוֺן נָשִׁים PerlesAnal. 47 proposes ׳ וִיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נ (compare נשׂא 3.d.); of cattle Jer 49:32 of things: materials for temple-building 1Chr 29:16 tithes & gifts 2Chr 31:10. Hence
5. abundance, wealth, Ps 37:16 compare Eccl 5:9 (|| כֶּסֶף), Isa 60:5 (יָם ׳ ה; || חֵיל גּוֺיִם).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

המון (h-mohn’)

Genesis 17:4

KJV: As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.many…: Heb. multitude of nations
EHCC: shalt be a father of many nations. (marg.

Judges 4:7

KJV: And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
EHCC: with his chariots and his multitude;

Judges 14:16

KJV: And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
EHCC: the raultitude melted away,

Judges 18:29

KJV: And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
EHCC: I saw a great tumult,

Judges 20:13

KJV: Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
EHCC: Hast thou seen all this great multitude ?

2 Kings 7:13

KJV: And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.in the city: Heb. in it
EHCC: as all the multitude of Israel

2 Kings 25:11

KJV: Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.fugitives: Heb. fallen away
EHCC: with the remnant of the multitude,

1 Chronicles 29:16

KJV: O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
EHCC: all this s¢ore that we have prepared

2 Chronicles 11:23

KJV: And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives
EHCC: he desired many wives, (marg. a m dtitude

2 Chronicles 18:8

KJV: And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.officers: or, eunuchsFetch…: Heb. Hasten
EHCC: ye (be) a great multitude,

2 Chronicles 14:11

KJV: And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.man: or, mortal man
EHCC: (10). we go against this multitude, |

2 Chronicles 20:2

KJV: Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon–tamar, which is En–gedi.
EHCC: There ome @ great multitude

2 Chronicles 81:10

EHCC: that which is left (is) this great store.

2 Chronicles 82:7

EHCC: nor for all the multitude

Job 31:34

KJV: Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
EHCC: Did I fear a great multitude,

Job 39:7

KJV: He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.of the driver: Heb. of the exactor
EHCC: He scorneth the multitude of

Psalms 37:16

KJV: A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
EHCC: better than the riches of many

Psalms 42:4

KJV: When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
EHCC: (5). with a multitude that kept holyday.

Psalms 65:7

KJV: Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
EHCC: (8).and the tumult of the people. ,

Ecclesiastes 5:10

KJV: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
EHCC: (9).nor he that loveth abundance

Isaiah 5:13

KJV: Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.honourable…: Heb. glory are men of famine
EHCC: and their multitude dried up

Isaiah 13:4

KJV: The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.like…: Heb. the likeness of
EHCC: The noise of a multitude /

Isaiah 16:14

KJV: But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.feeble: or, not many
EHCC: with all that great multitude;

Isaiah 17:12

KJV: Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!multitude: or, noisemighty: or, many
EHCC: Woe to the multitude of many people,

Isaiah 29:5

KJV: Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
EHCC: Moreover the multitude of thy strangers

Isaiah 81:4

EHCC: nor abase himself for the noise of thes.

Isaiah 82:14

EHCC: the multitude of the city shall bé

Isaiah 33:38

EHCC: At the noise of the tumult

Isaiah 60:5

KJV: Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.abundance…: or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward theeforces: or, wealth
EHCC: the abundance of the sea (marg. or, noiz)

Isaiah 63:15

KJV: Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?the sounding: or, the multitude
EHCC: the sounding of thy bowels (arg. ot ue |

Jeremiah 3:28

EHCC: the multitude of mountains: |

Jeremiah 10:13

KJV: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.multitude: or, noisewith: or, for
EHCC: multitude of waters (marg. or, sie) \ |

Jeremiah 47:3

KJV: At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
EHCC: the rumbling of | his wheels,

Jeremiah 49:32

KJV: And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord.in…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled
EHCC: and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: |

Jeremiah 51:16

KJV: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.multitude: or, noise
EHCC: a multitude of waters /

Ezekiel 7:11

KJV: Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.theirs: or, their tumultuous persons: Heb. tumult
EHCC: nor of their multitude, (marg. tumult) \ |

Ezekiel 23:42

KJV: And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.of the…: Heb. of the multitude of menSabeans: or, drunkards
EHCC: voice of a multitude being at

Ezekiel 26:18

KJV: Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
EHCC: will cause the noise of thy songs

Ezekiel 29:19

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey
EHCC: he shall take her multitude,

Ezekiel 30:4

KJV: And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain 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.pain: or, fear
EHCC: they shall take away Aer multitude,

Ezekiel 15:1

KJV: And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
EHCC: will cut off the multitude of No.

Ezekiel 82:12

EHCC: will 1 cause thy multitude to fall,

Ezekiel 89:11

EHCC: Gog and all Ais multitude: .

Ezekiel 11:10

KJV: Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
EHCC: shall assemble a multitude 1

Amos 5:23

KJV: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
EHCC: the noise of thy songs;
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