H4103 - מְהוּמָה (mᵉhûwmâh)

H4103 מְהוּמָה (mᵉhûwmâh) meh-hoo-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

tumult

Strong's Definition

confusion or uproar

Derivation: from H1949 (הוּם);

KJV Usage: destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.

TWOT Reference: 486a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

1a) tumult, confusion, disturbance, turmoil, disquietude, panic

1b) discomfiture

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G684 G1611 G2298 G2351 G4799 G5016 G5017

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexation 1a) tumult, confusion, disturbance, turmoil, disquietude, panic 1b) discomfiture

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְהוּמָה mehûmâh BDB Definition: 1) tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexation 1a) tumult, confusion, disturbance, turmoil, disquietude, panic 1b) discomfiture Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1949 Same Word by TWOT Number: 486a Total KJV Occurrences: 13

Bible Occurrences (12)

7:23 28:20

5:9 5:11 14:20

15:5

15:16

22:5

7:7 22:5

3:9

14:13

Deuteronomy 7:23

But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:20

The LORD will send curses upon you -, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand -, until you are destroyed... and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

1 Samuel 5:9

But after they had moved [the ark to Gath],... the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion...... and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak... of tumors.

1 Samuel 5:11

Then [the Ekronites] called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded... the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.

1 Samuel 14:20

Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found [the Philistines] in total... confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.

2 Chronicles 15:5

In those days there was no safety for travelers..., because the residents of the lands had... many conflicts.

Proverbs 15:16

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

Isaiah 22:5

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has [set] a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.