הָמוֹן

hamon · multitude

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1995 · appears 83 times in the Bible

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What it means

hamon (הָמוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “multitude”.

A great crowd of people; also the noise it makes; abundance.

How to say it

ha·mon

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
A loud sound of many people or much water.
Great store of goods.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Multitude, a great number of people or of things; also the noise a crowd makes, the tumult or the roar. BDB: a noise, tumult; from there a crowd, abundance.

“The father of a multitude of nations” Genesis 17:4
A great enemy multitude 2 Chronicles 20:12 Isaiah 13:4
“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision” Joel 3:14
The tumult or the roar 1 Samuel 4:14 1 Kings 18:41
Abundance of goods 1 Chronicles 29:16

Historical and cultural background

Genesis 17:4-5 ties this word to the name of Abraham: YHWH makes him “the father of a multitude of nations”.

How we translate it

“Multitude” 58 times, “tumult” 7, “abundance” 4, “multitudes” 3, “commotion” 2. “Multitude” when it is the crowd itself (1 Samuel 14:16) and “tumult” when what is heard is the noise (1 Samuel 14:19); with rain, “the sound of the roar of rain” (1 Kings 18:41).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

multitude ×58
tumult ×7
abundance ×4
multitudes ×3
commotion ×2
there is a roar ×2
clamor ×1
crowd ×1
noise ×1
roar ×1
others ×3

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Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

Genesis 17:4
“As for me, look, my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5
No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Judges 4:7
And I will draw out to you, to the brook Kishon, Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, with his chariots and his multitude, and I will give him into your hand.’”
1 Samuel 4:14
And Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, “What is the sound of this tumult?” And the man hurried and came and told Eli.
1 Samuel 14:16
The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and look, the multitude was melting away and going this way and that.
1 Samuel 14:19
And it came about, while Saul was speaking to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines kept on growing more and more; and Saul said to the priest, “Draw back your hand.”
2 Samuel 6:19
And he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man to woman, to each one one cake of bread, one portion of meat, and one raisin cake. Then all the people went, each to his house.
2 Samuel 18:29
The king said, “Is it well with the young man, with Absalom?” Ahimaaz said, “I saw the great commotion when Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, but I did not know what it was.”
1 Kings 18:41
Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of rain.”
1 Kings 20:13
And there, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Look, I am giving it into your hand today, and you will know that I am YHWH.’”
1 Kings 20:28
The man of Elohim came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because Aram has said, “YHWH is an Elohim of mountains, and he is not an Elohim of valleys,” I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am YHWH.’”
2 Kings 7:13
One of his servants answered and said, “Let men take, please, five of the remaining horses, which are left in it; look, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; look, they are like all the multitude of Israel that have perished; and let us send and see.”
2 Kings 25:11
The rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard carried into exile.
1 Chronicles 29:16
YHWH our Elohim, all this abundance that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name is from your hand, and all is yours.
2 Chronicles 11:23
He acted with understanding and distributed all his sons through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities, and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he asked for a multitude of wives for them.
2 Chronicles 13:8
And now you propose to hold firm before the kingdom of YHWH in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the calves of gold that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
2 Chronicles 14:11
Asa cried out to YHWH his Elohim and said, “YHWH, there is none like you to help between the mighty and the one without strength. Help us, YHWH our Elohim, for on you we rely, and in your name we have come against this multitude. YHWH, you are our Elohim; do not let mortal man prevail against you.”
2 Chronicles 20:2
They came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Aram; and look, they are in Hazazon-tamar, that is En-gedi.”
2 Chronicles 20:12
Our Elohim, will you not judge them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us, and we do not know what to do, but on you are our eyes.”
2 Chronicles 20:15
and he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says YHWH to you: ‘You, do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the war is not yours, but Elohim’s.
2 Chronicles 20:24
When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they turned toward the multitude, and look, they were corpses fallen to the ground, and there was no escape.
2 Chronicles 31:10
Azariah the head priest of the house of Zadok spoke to him and said, “Since they began to bring the contribution into the house of YHWH, we have eaten and been satisfied and much has been left over, for YHWH has blessed his people; and what is left is this abundance.”
2 Chronicles 32:7
“Be strong and firm; do not fear or be dismayed before the king of Assyria or before all the multitude that is with him, for with us there are more than with him.
Job 31:34
because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of the door…
Job 39:7
He laughs at the multitude of the city; the clamor of the driver he does not hear.
Psalms 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.
Psalms 42:4
These things I remember, and I pour out within me my soul: how I would pass along with the throng; I would walk with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of shouts of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
Psalms 65:7
who stills the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the commotion of the peoples.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, and whoever loves abundance, not with income. This too is vapor.
Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; and its glory are men of hunger, and its multitude parched with thirst.
Isaiah 5:14
Therefore Sheol has widened its throat and opened its mouth without limit; and down go her majesty and her multitude and her uproar and whoever exults in her.
Isaiah 13:4
The sound of a multitude on the mountains, the likeness of a great people! The sound of the uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! YHWH Tsevaot is mustering the army for battle.
Isaiah 16:14
But now YHWH has spoken, saying, “Within three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt with all the great multitude; and the remnant will be small, tiny, not mighty.”
Isaiah 17:12
Woe! The tumult of many peoples, like the roaring of the seas they roar; and the uproar of the nations, like the uproar of mighty waters they resound.
Isaiah 29:5
And the multitude of your strangers will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the tyrants like chaff that passes away; and it will happen in an instant, suddenly.
Isaiah 29:7
And like a dream, a vision of the night, will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Ariel, and all who wage war against her and her fortress, and those who distress her.
Isaiah 29:8
And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.
Isaiah 31:4
For thus YHWH said to me: “As the lion growls, and the young lion, over its prey, when a full band of shepherds is called out against it, at their voice it is not terrified, and at their tumult it is not abashed, so YHWH Tsevaot will come down to wage war upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace is forsaken, the tumult of the city deserted; the Ophel and the watchtower have become caves forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
Isaiah 33:3
At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; when you rise up nations scatter.

And 43 more times.