הָמוֹן
hâmôwn · H1995 · Hebrew · 83 occurrences
Meanings
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noise, uproar, tumult, rushing, roaring
Action by which humans, animals, or objects produce a variety of sounds, sometimes associated with natural phenomena like heavy rain and the waves of a stormy sea
Examples1 Samuel 4:14 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli.
1 Samuel 14:19 While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
1 Kings 18:41 Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.”
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large amount, abundance, wealth
State in which objects are abundant in quantity
Examples1 Chronicles 29:16 “LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and everything is Yours.
2 Chronicles 31:10 Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions started coming into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”
Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.
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large group, multitude
A large group of people
ExamplesGenesis 17:4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5 “No longer shall you be named Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Judges 4:7 ‘I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his many troops to the river Kishon, and I will hand him over to you.’”
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Valley of Hamon-Gog, Valley of Gog's Horde
Valley, possibly located east of Dead Sea
ExamplesEzekiel 39:11 “On that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block the way of those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-gog.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
53 occurrences in 27 groups
- הּher 12
- הוּhis 7
- גּוֹיnation, people 4
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
20 occurrences in 9 groups
- זֶהthis 8
- רַבmany, great 8
- גָּדוֹלgreat, large 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָלָלslain, wounded 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What it doesIt is the subject
14 occurrences in 12 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What is done to itIt is the object
18 occurrences in 14 groups
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
What it is said to bePredicate
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- עֵמֶקvalley 2
- שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 2
- גּוֹיnation, people 1
- סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 1
- צִחֶהweak 1
- שֶׁקֶרlie, falsehood, false 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- הִנֵּהbehold 2
- חָרוֹןburning anger, fierce anger 2
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- יָתַרto remain 1
- אַתָּהyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
21 occurrences in 6 groups
- בin/on/with 8
- עַלon, upon, over, against 7
- אֵלto, toward 6
- מִןfrom 5
- לto/for 3
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
12 occurrences in 4 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 6
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 3
- אָבfather 2
- יֶתֶרremainder 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- הֲמֻלָּה hămullâh · H1999 · tumult, din
- Both denote loud noise or commotion—הָמוֹן (hâmôwn, H1995) tumult, rumbling, or sounding (among other, broader senses including quantity and riches), הֲמֻלָּה (hămullâh, H1999) tumult or a commotion of speech—overlapping in the sense of noise or uproar.
In the other Testament 2 words
- πλῆθος plēthos · G4128 · large number of, a multitude of, crowd
- Greek πλῆθος directly renders Hebrew הָמוֹן in its core sense of a multitude, throng, or large number, both denoting a collective mass of people or things.
- ἦχος ēchos · G2279 · sound, noise, report
- Hebrew הָמוֹן denotes a broad semantic range including crowds, abundance, wealth, and various types of noise or tumult, while Greek ἦχος specifically refers to sound phenomena (roar, echo, rumbling, report); the cross-linguistic equivalence holds where הָמוֹן's noise/sound senses overlap with ἦχος's acoustic domain.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Sounds002004001009007
- הָמוֹן can denote a roaring or rumbling noise, the tumult made by a great crowd or army.
- Quantity002001001046
- It most commonly denotes a great abundance or multitude, as God promises Abraham he will become the father of a multitude of nations.
- Groups001001003004
- The word regularly names a large assembled company of people, such as Sisera's troops mustered for battle.
- Names of Landforms003001008
- In one place it is bound to a geographic name, the Valley of Hamon-gog, where Gog's horde is buried.
- Unwilling002001002031
- The term can also carry a note of restless turmoil or disquiet, an unsettled inner commotion rather than mere physical noise.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1995. hamon הָמוֺן noun masculine1Sa 4:14 (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar,…
הָמוֺן noun masculine1Sa 4:14 (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ׳ה 1Sa 4:14 27t. ( + 2Ki 25:11 = אָמוֺן in || Jer 52:15, see II. אָמוֺן above); construct הֲמוֺן Gen 17:14 30t. + Eze 39:11, Eze 39:15 (גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא); suffix הֲמוֺנוֺ Isa 5:13 Isa 5:2t. + Eze 31:18 Qr + 3 t. (Kt המונה); so also Co for proper name (?) הֲמוֺנָה (q. v.) Eze 39:16; הַמוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14 Isa 5:6t. + Eze 7:12-13, Eze 30:4 (all strike out B Co; in Eze 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ Eze 29:19; הֲמוֺנָם Isa 31:4; Eze 7:11; plural הֲמֹנִים Joel 4:14 (twice in verse); suffix הֲמוֺנֶיהָ Eze 32:30; — הֲמָנְכֶם Eze 5:7 see below המן below; —
1 sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar Psa 65:8 ׳ה לְאֻמִּים (|| יַמִּים שְׁאוֺן etc.); compare ה ׳קוֺל Isa 13:4 sound of a roaring (|| שְׁאוֺן קוֺל), Isa 33:3; Dan 10:6; עַמִּים הֲמוֺן Isa 17:12 (|| לְאֻמִּים שְׁאוֺן) where again compared with יַמִּים הֲמוֺת; also Isa 31:4 of throng of shepherds (|| קוֺל); of a city קִרְיָה ׳ה Job 39:7 (|| נֹגֵשׂ תְּשֻׁאוֺת); compare ׳ה עִיר = noisy city Isa 32:14, הֲמוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14; of sound of songs ׳ה שִׁירַיִךְ Eze 26:13 (|| כִנּוֺרַיִךְ קוֺל), compare Amo 5:23 (|| נְבָלֶיךָ זִמְרַת); of crying ה ׳קוֺל 1Sa 4:14 (|| קוֺל) צְעָקָה; see further מֵעִים הֲמוֺן figurative of sympathy Isa 63:15 (|| רַחֲמִים), compare הָמָה
2; of rain ה ׳קוֺל הַגֶּשֶׁם 1Ki 18:41, compare Jer 10:13 = Jer 51:16; — of rumbling of chariot-wheels ׳ה גַּלְגִּלָּיו Jer 47:3 (|| מַּרְסוֺת שַׁעֲטַת קוֺל & לְרִכְבּוֺ רַעַשׁ). 2 tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1Sa 14:19; 2Sa 18:29.
3 crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —
a. frequently of great army Jdg 4:7; 1Sa 14:16; 1Ki 20:13, 1Ki 20:28; Isa 29:5 (twice in verse); 2Ch 13:8; 2Ch 14:10; 2Ch 20:2, 2Ch 20:12, 2Ch 20:15, 2Ch 20:24; 2Ch 32:7; compare Eze 39:11; also Eze 7:12-13, Eze 30:4 (compare emendation above); on Jer 3:23 compare VB; see further גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא Eze 39:11, Eze 39:15; Dan 11:10 (׳ה רַבִּים חֲיָלִים) Dan 11:11 Dan 11:11; Dan 11:12; Dan 11:13 (|| גָּדוֺל חַיִל); also plural Joel Dan 4:14 (twice in verse).
b. of a whole people 2Sa 6:19; Isa 5:13; Isa 16:14; Eze 7:11, Eze 7:14; Eze 29:19; Eze 30:10, Eze 30:15; Eze 31:2, Eze 31:18; Eze 32:12 (twice in verse); Eze 32:16, Eze 32:18, Eze 32:20, Eze 32:24, Eze 32:25, Eze 32:26, Eze 32:31, Eze 32:32
c. of any great throng 2Ki 7:13 (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0 2Ki 25:11, but || Jer 52:15 הָאָמוֺן) Psa 42:5; Job 31:34 (׳ה רַבָּה) Eze 23:42; ׳ה גּוֺיִם Gen 17:4-5, (P) compare Isa 29:7-8, so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves Jer 51:42.
4 great number, abundance (late) ׳ה נָשִׁים2Ch 11:23 **for נָשִׁים הֲמַוֺן וַיִּשְׁאַל PerlesAnal. 47 proposes נ לָהֶם ׳וִיִּשְׂאוּ (compare נשׂא 3d); of cattle Jer 49:32; of things: materials for temple-building 1Ch 29:16; tithes & gifts 2Ch 31:10. Hence
5 abundance, wealth, Psa 37:16 compare Ecc 5:9 (|| כֶּסֶף), Isa 60:5 (׳ה יָם; || גּוֺיִם חֵיל).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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