King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4103
Transliteration: mehumah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-hoo-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Meaning: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Word Summary
mehumah: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Original Word: מְהוּמָהTransliteration: mehumah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-hoo-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Meaning: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Strong's Concordance
destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed From huwm; confusion or uproar -- destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.
see HEBREW huwm
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4103. mehumah
מְהוּמָה noun feminine tumult, confusion, disquietde, discomfiture — absolute ׳מ Deuteronomy 7:23 7t.; construct מְהוּמַת 1 Samuel 5:11; Ezekiel 22:5; plural absolute מְהוּמוֺת2 Chronicles 15:5, מְהוּמֹת Amos 3:9; —
1 tumult, confusion Amos 3:9 ("" עֲשׁוּקִים oppression), disturbance, turmoil (opposed to peace) 2 Chronicles 15:5 ("" verb המם 15:6), compare Ezekiel 22:5; disquietude (of mind) Proverbs 15:16; especially tumult & confusion, panic, as due to divine judgment ׳מְהוּמַתיֿ Zechariah 14:13 compare Ezekiel 7:7; also 1 Samuel 5:9 and מָוֶת מְהוּמַת 5:11.
2 discomfiture, (due to ׳י) in war 1 Samuel 14:20 (compare 14:15; 14:22); Deuteronomy 7:23 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הום q. v.), 28:20 ("" מִגְעֶרֶת מְאֵרָה,); compare מ ׳יוֺם 1 Samuel 22:5 ("" מְבוּכָה מְבוּסָה,) a day of discomfiture & down-treading & confusion.