מְהוּמָה mehumah

Hebrew word for “tumult” · Strong’s H4103 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexation;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mehumah in context, with how often each is used:

• panic 4
• confusion 3
• disturbances 2
• turmoil 2
• consternation 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 5 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Chronicles 15 (1), Proverbs 15 (1), Isaiah 22 (1), Ezekiel 7 (1), Ezekiel 22 (1), Amos 3 (1)

Forms

• מהומה 5
• מהומת 4
• המהומה 2
• ומהומה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mehumah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רַב rav “many” 5
• מְאֹד meod “much” 3
• עַד ad “till” 4
• הַר har “mountain” 3
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 3
• קָרֹב qarov “near” 2
• שָׁמַד shamad “to destroy” 2
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 2
• אָסַף asaph “to gather” 2
• עֵת et “time” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 2
• עִיר ir “city” 2

Key verses

The verses using mehumah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• Deuteronomy 28:20 — The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish…
• 1 Samuel 5:9 — And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the…
• 1 Samuel 5:11 — So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place,…
• 1 Samuel 14:20 — And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and…
• 2 Chronicles 15:5 — And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
• Proverbs 15:16 — Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
• Isaiah 22:5 — For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to…
• Ezekiel 7:7 — The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
• Ezekiel 22:5 — Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
• Amos 3:9 — Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great…
• Zechariah 14:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour,…

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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.