Tumult
מְהוּמָהStrong’s H4103mehumah (me-hu-mah)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mehumah is the Hebrew word usually translated “confusion”, “panic” and “disturbances”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“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, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.”
Meaning
- Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexationtumult, confusion, disturbance, turmoil, disquietude, panic · discomfiture
How it's translated
- confusion 3
- panic 2
- disturbances 2
- panic of 1
- and turmoil 1
- consternation 1
- turmoil 1
- a panic of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Ezekiel 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 7:23But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:20The 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 quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
- 1 Samuel 5:9And 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 city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
- 1 Samuel 5:11So 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, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 14:20And 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 there was a very great discomfiture.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5And 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.
Hebrew dictionary
מְהוּמָה mehumah · tumult
1) tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexation 1a) tumult, confusion, disturbance, turmoil, disquietude, panic 1b) discomfiture
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tumult” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TU'MULT, noun
[Latin tumultus, a derivative from tumeo, to swell.]
- The commotion, disturbance or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar and confusion of voices.“What meaneth the noise of this tumult?” 1 Samuel 4:14
- Violent commotion or agitation with confusion of sounds; as the tumult of the elements.
- Agitation; high excitement; irregular or confused motion; as the tumult of the spirits or passions.
- Bustle; stir.
All definitions and other forms of “tumult”
TU'MULT, verb intransitive
To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
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.