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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Tumult

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

16exact KJV occurrences 12Old Testament 4New Testament 12books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 16occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

1 Samuel 4:14

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Acts 24:18

Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where tumult appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7600
שַׁאֲנָן

shaʼănân · shah-an-awn'

2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

a

secure; in a bad sense, haughty

Strong's KJV usage: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare 7946.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 19:28Strong's last: Isaiah 37:29

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HebrewH1993
הָמָה

hâmâh · haw-maw'

1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences

v

to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

Strong's KJV usage: 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.

Strong's first: Psalms 83:2Strong's last: Psalms 83:2

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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16 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

1 Samuel 4:14
H1995

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

2 Samuel 18:29
H1995

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

2 Kings 19:28
H7600

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Psalms 65:7
H1995

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Psalms 74:23
H7588

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Psalms 83:2
H1993

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Isaiah 33:3
H1995

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Isaiah 37:29
H7600

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Jeremiah 11:16
H1999

The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Hosea 10:14
H7588

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

Amos 2:2
H7588

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

Zechariah 14:13
H4103

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

Matthew 27:24
G2351

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

Mark 5:38
G2351

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

Acts 21:34
G2351

And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

Acts 24:18
G2351

Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

tumult

TU'MULT, noun [Latin tumultus, a derivative from tumeo, to swell.]

1. The commotion, disturbance or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar and confusion of voices.

What meaneth the noise of this tumult? 1 Samuel 4:14.

Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.

2. Violent commotion or agitation with confusion of sounds; as the tumult of the elements.

3. Agitation; high excitement; irregular or confused motion; as the tumult of the spirits or passions.

4. Bustle; stir.

TU'MULT, verb intransitive To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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