King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1995
Transliteration: hamon
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-mone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
Meaning: a noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth
Word Summary
hamon: a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
Original Word: הָמוֹןTransliteration: hamon
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-mone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
Meaning: a noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth
Strong's Concordance
abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, Or hamon (Ezek. 5:7) {haw-mone'}; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth -- abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
see HEBREW hamah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1995. hamon
הָמוֺן noun masculine1 Samuel 4:14 (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ׳ה 1 Samuel 4:14 27t. ( + 2 Kings 25:11 = אָמוֺן in "" Jeremiah 52:15, see II. אָמוֺן above); construct הֲמוֺן Genesis 17:14 30t. + Ezekiel 39:11, 15 (גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא); suffix הֲמוֺנוֺ Isaiah 5:13 2t. + Ezekiel 31:18 Qr + 3 t. (Kt המונה); so also Co for proper name (?) הֲמוֺנָה (q. v.) 39:16; הַמוֺנָהּ Isaiah 5:14 6t. + Ezekiel 7:12-13, 30:4 (all strike out B Co; in 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ 29:19; הֲמוֺנָם Isaiah 31:4; Ezekiel 7:11; plural הֲמֹנִים Joel 4:14 (twice in verse); suffix הֲמוֺנֶיהָ 32:30; — הֲמָנְכֶם 5:7 see below המן below; —
1 sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar Psalm 65:8 ׳ה לְאֻמִּים ("" יַמִּים שְׁאוֺן etc.); compare ה ׳קוֺל Isaiah 13:4 sound of a roaring ("" שְׁאוֺן קוֺל), 33:3; Daniel 10:6; עַמִּים הֲמוֺן Isaiah 17:12 ("" לְאֻמִּים שְׁאוֺן) where again compared with יַמִּים הֲמוֺת; also 31:4 of throng of shepherds ("" קוֺל); of a city קִרְיָה ׳ה Job 39:7 ("" נֹגֵשׂ תְּשֻׁאוֺת); compare ׳ה עִיר = noisy city Isaiah 32:14, הֲמוֺנָהּ 5:14; of sound of songs ׳ה שִׁירַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:13 ("" כִנּוֺרַיִךְ קוֺל), compare Amos 5:23 ("" נְבָלֶיךָ זִמְרַת); of crying ה ׳קוֺל 1 Samuel 4:14 ("" קוֺל) צְעָקָה; see further מֵעִים הֲמוֺן figurative of sympathy Isaiah 63:15 ("" רַחֲמִים), compare הָמָה
2; of rain ה ׳קוֺל הַגֶּשֶׁם 1 Kings 18:41, compare Jeremiah 10:13 = 51:16; — of rumbling of chariot-wheels ׳ה גַּלְגִּלָּיו 47:3 ("" מַּרְסוֺת שַׁעֲטַת קוֺל & לְרִכְבּוֺ רַעַשׁ). 2 tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 18:29.
3 crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —
a. frequently of great army Judges 4:7; 1 Samuel 14:16; 1 Kings 20:13, 28; Isaiah 29:5 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 13:8; 14:10; 20:2, 12, 15, 24; 32:7; compare Ezekiel 39:11; also 7:12-13, 30:4 (compare emendation above); on Jeremiah 3:23 compare VB; see further גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא Ezekiel 39:11, 15; Daniel 11:10 (׳ה רַבִּים חֲיָלִים) 11:11 11:11; 11:12; 11:13 ("" גָּדוֺל חַיִל); also plural Joel 4:14 (twice in verse).
b. of a whole people 2 Samuel 6:19; Isaiah 5:13; 16:14; Ezekiel 7:11, 14; 29:19; 30:10, 15; 31:2, 18; 32:12 (twice in verse); 32:16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32
c. of any great throng 2 Kings 7:13 (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0 25:11, but "" Jeremiah 52:15 הָאָמוֺן) Psalm 42:5; Job 31:34 (׳ה רַבָּה) Ezekiel 23:42; ׳ה גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4-5, (P) compare Isaiah 29:7-8, so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves Jeremiah 51:42.
4 great number, abundance (late) ׳ה נָשִׁים2 Chronicles 11:23 **for נָשִׁים הֲמַוֺן וַיִּשְׁאַל PerlesAnal. 47 proposes נ לָהֶם ׳וִיִּשְׂאוּ (compare נשׂא 3d); of cattle Jeremiah 49:32; of things: materials for temple-building 1 Chronicles 29:16; tithes & gifts 2 Chronicles 31:10. Hence
5 abundance, wealth, Psalm 37:16 compare Ecclesiastes 5:9 ("" כֶּסֶף), Isaiah 60:5 (׳ה יָם; "" גּוֺיִם חֵיל).