Strong's Hebrew · H2000

הָמַם

hâmam · haw-mam'

break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.

Definition

properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם), H1993 (הָמָה));

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 2:15

Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

Deuteronomy 7:23

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

1 Samuel 7:10

As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

Judges 4:15

And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

Joshua 10:10

And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Exodus 23:27

I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

2 Chronicles 15:6

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

Exodus 14:24

At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Esther 9:24

For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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