Hum means “destroy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1949 — epilambanomai (“catch”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1949 הוּם (huwm) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. huwm (hoom) v. 1. to make an uproar, or agitate greatly [a primitive root] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include make, destroy, again, and noise. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
huwm (hoom) v. 1. to make an uproar, or agitate greatly [a primitive root] KJV: destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again. Compare: H2000
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1949. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to make noise
Usage: 1) to distract, ring again, make a (great) noise, murmur, roar, discomfit, be moved 1a) (Qal) to discomfit 1b) (Niphal) to be in a stir 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to murmur 1c2) to show disquietude
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render huwm, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1949.
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1949, grouped by book.
Hum (Strong's H1949) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "destroy". huwm (hoom) v. 1. to make an uproar, or agitate greatly [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H1949 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1949 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, destroy, again, and noise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.