STRONGS NUMBER H4103


Word Summary
mehumah: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Original Word: מְהוּמָה
Transliteration: mehumah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-hoo-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Meaning: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture
Strong's Concordance
destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed

From huwm; confusion or uproar -- destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.

see HEBREW huwm

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4103. mehumah

מְהוּמָהnoun feminine tumult, confusion, disquietde, discomfiture — absolute ׳מDeuteronomy 7:23 7t.; construct מְהוּמַת1 Samuel 5:11; Ezekiel 22:5; plural absolute מְהוּמוֺת2 Chronicles 15:5, מְהוּמֹתAmos 3:9; —

1 tumult, confusion Amos 3:9 ("" עֲשׁוּקִיםoppression), disturbance, turmoil (opposed to peace) 2 Chronicles 15:5 ("" verb המם15:6), compare Ezekiel 22:5; disquietude (of mind) Proverbs 15:16; especially tumult & confusion, panic, as due to divine judgment ׳מְהוּמַתיֿZechariah 14:13 compare Ezekiel 7:7; also 1 Samuel 5:9 and מָוֶת מְהוּמַת5:11.

2 discomfiture, (due to ׳י‎) in war 1 Samuel 14:20 (compare 14:15; 14:22); Deuteronomy 7:23 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הום‎ q. v.), 28:20 ("" מִגְעֶרֶת מְאֵרָה,‎); compare מ ׳יוֺם1 Samuel 22:5 ("" מְבוּכָה מְבוּסָה,‎) a day of discomfiture & down-treading & confusion.