Crowd
הָמוֹןStrong’s H1995hamon (ha-mon)
Appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hamon is the Hebrew word usually translated “multitude”, “multitude of” and “multitude its”. It appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament.
“His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.”
Meaning
- Murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, soundsound, murmur, rush, roar · tumult, confusion · crowd, multitude · great number, abundance · abundance, wealth
- To rage, be turbulent
How it's translated
- the multitude 13
- multitude of 10
- a multitude 8
- multitude its 8
- multitude his 6
- a multitude of 4
- noise of 3
- tumult of 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 23
- Isaiah 13
- 2 Chronicles 9
- Jeremiah 6
- Daniel 5
- 1 Samuel 3
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:10In contextBut his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:11In contextAnd the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Daniel 11:12In contextAnd when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
- Daniel 11:13In contextFor the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
- Genesis 17:4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
All 78 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
הָמוֹן hamon · crowd
1) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound 1a) sound, murmur, rush, roar 1b) tumult, confusion 1c) crowd, multitude 1d) great number, abundance 1e) abundance, wealth
הָמַן haman · be turbulent
to rage, be turbulent
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “multitude” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUL'TITUDE, noun
[Latin multitudo, form multus, many.]
- The state of being many; a great number.
- A number collectively; the sum of many.
- A great number, indefinitely.
- A crowd or throng; the populace; applied to the populace when assembled in great numbers, and to the mass of men without reference to an assemblage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.