Hamah means “loud” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1993 — epistomizo (“stop mouths”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1993 הָמָה (hamah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. hamah (haw-maw') v. 1. to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum") 2. (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor It has 32 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include make, like, sound, and loud. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
hamah (haw-maw') v. 1. to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum") 2. (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor [a primitive root] KJV: 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. Compare: H1949
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to roar
Usage: 1) to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to growl 1a2) to murmur (fig. of a soul in prayer) 1a3) to roar 1a4) to be in a stir, be in a commotion 1a5) to be boisterous, be turbulent
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32 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1993.
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
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Hamah (Strong's H1993) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "loud". hamah (haw-maw') v. 1. to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum") 2. (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H1993 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1993 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, like, sound, and loud. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.