הָמַם hamam
Hebrew word for “to confuse” · Strong’s H2000 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex;
How it is translated
Glosses given for hamam in context, with how often each is used:
- routed 5
- confused 2
- will confuse 2
- disturb 1
- troubled 1
- trouble 1
- will rout 1
- sets in motion 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 14 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Joshua 10 (1), Judges 4 (1), 1 Samuel 7 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 15 (1), Esther 9 (1)
Forms
- ויהם 3
- ויהמם 3
- להמם 2
- והמם 2
- והמתי 1
- הממם 1
- ותהמם 1
- הממני 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hamam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 3
- חֵץ chets “arrow” 3
- פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 3
- מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 3
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 4
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 3
- עַד ad “till” 3
- הֶם hem “them” 2
Key verses
The verses using hamam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 14:24 — And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the…
- Exodus 23:27 — I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 2:15 — For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
- Deuteronomy 7:23 — But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
- Joshua 10:10 — And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and…
- Judges 4:15 — And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot,…
- 1 Samuel 7:10 — And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day…
- 2 Samuel 22:15 — And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
- 2 Chronicles 15:6 — And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
- Psalms 18:14 — Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Psalms 144:6 — Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Jeremiah 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.