Strong's Hebrew · H1993
H1993 hâmâh
הָמָה
haw-maw'
to roar
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hâmâh appears 34 times in Scripture, including 1 Kings 1:41 and Psalms 39:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
In the King James Version
clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם));
Appears 34 times in Scripture
“They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.”
“Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.”
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.”
“Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.”
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”
“Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.”
“Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.”
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”
“though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah”
“They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
