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הָמוֹן H1995

H1995 is the Hebrew word הָמוֹן, transliterated hâmôwn and said haw-mone'. The King James Version most often renders it multitude.

Word: הָמוֹןTransliteration: hâmôwnSaid: haw-mone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 74 verses

What it means

a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.

Where it comes from

or הָמֹן; (Ezekiel 5:7), from H1993 (הָמָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 64 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

multitude 45×tumult 4×many 3×noise 2×abundance 2×multitudes 2×behold the multitude 1×even among the whole multitude 1×even as all the multitude 1×store 1×against this multitude 1×company 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.

Verses using הָמוֹן

The first 40 of 74 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 17:4 · KJV

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5 · KJV

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Judges 4:7 · KJV

And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

1 Samuel 4:14 · KJV

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

1 Samuel 14:16 · KJV

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

1 Samuel 14:19 · KJV

And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

2 Samuel 6:19 · KJV

And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

2 Samuel 18:29 · KJV

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

1 Kings 18:41 · KJV

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

1 Kings 20:13 · KJV

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

1 Kings 20:28 · KJV

And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

2 Kings 7:13 · KJV

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

2 Kings 25:11 · KJV

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

1 Chronicles 29:16 · KJV

O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

2 Chronicles 11:23 · KJV

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chronicles 13:8 · KJV

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

2 Chronicles 14:11 · KJV

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 20:2 · KJV

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

2 Chronicles 20:12 · KJV

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

2 Chronicles 20:15 · KJV

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:24 · KJV

And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

2 Chronicles 31:10 · KJV

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

2 Chronicles 32:7 · KJV

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

Job 31:34 · KJV

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Job 39:7 · KJV

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

Psalm 37:16 · KJV

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 42:4 · KJV

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Psalm 65:7 · KJV

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 · KJV

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Isaiah 5:13 · KJV

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 5:14 · KJV

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Isaiah 13:4 · KJV

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

Isaiah 16:14 · KJV

But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Isaiah 17:12 · KJV

Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

Isaiah 29:5 · KJV

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 29:7 · KJV

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Isaiah 29:8 · KJV

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

Isaiah 31:4 · KJV

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

Isaiah 32:14 · KJV

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Isaiah 33:3 · KJV

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1995 mean?

H1995 is the Hebrew word הָמוֹן (hâmôwn), meaning a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.

How is H1995 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it multitude (45 times), tumult (4 times), many (3 times), noise (2 times), abundance (2 times), among others.

How many times does H1995 appear in the Bible?

הָמוֹן (hâmôwn) is tagged in 74 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1995 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or הָמֹן; (Ezekiel 5:7), from H1993 (הָמָה).

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