International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Concourse

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Concourse


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kon´kōrs (המה, hāmāh, “to hum,” “to make a noise”; συστροφή, sustrophḗ, “a turning” or “twisting together”): Hāmāh, usually translated by some word signifying “sound” is rendered “concourse” in (perhaps from the noise made by people thronging and talking together; compare , “uproar”), “She (wisdom) crieth in the chief place of concourse,” the Revised Version, margin, Hebrew “at the head of the noisy (streets)”; sustrophē is translated “concourse” (), a riotous crowd. Compare Judith 10:18.