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Lexicon :: Strong's H2554 - ḥāmas

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חָמַס
Transliteration
ḥāmas
Pronunciation
khaw-mas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 678

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַס châmaç, khaw-mas'; a primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat:—make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2554 in the following manner: ..violence (2x), violated (1x), shake off (1x), wrongfully imagine (1x), violently taken away (1x), wronged (1x), made bare (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2554 in the following manner: ..violence (2x), violated (1x), shake off (1x), wrongfully imagine (1x), violently taken away (1x), wronged (1x), made bare (1x).

  1. to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly

    1. (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong

      1. of physical wrong

      2. of ethical wrong

      3. of physical and ethical wrong

    2. (Niphal) to be treated violently

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַס châmaç, khaw-mas'; a primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat:—make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
STRONGS H2554: Abbreviations
† [חָמַס] verb treat violently, wrong (Late Hebrew id., act violently, treat violently; Aramaic חֲמַס (rare) violently seize; Arabic حَمِسَ is be hard, strict, rigorous) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural חָֽמְסוּ Ezekiel 22:26; Zephaniah 3:4; Imperfect יַחְמֹס Job 15:33, וַיַּחְמֹס Lamentations 2:6; תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ Job 21:27; Jeremiah 22:3; Participle חֹמֵס Proverbs 8:36; — treat violently, wrong; —
1. of physical wrong: תַּחְ׳ Jeremiah 22:3 (|| תֹּנוּ) of wrong to widows and orphans; כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֺ וַיַּח׳ Lamentations 2:6 and hath done violence to his pavilion as to a garden (|| שִׁחֵת מֹעֲדוֺ); so, figurative, of vine, wrong, i.e. fail to nourish, kill כַּגֶּפֶן יַח׳ בִּסְרוֺ Job 15:33.
2. of ethical wrong, object תּוֺרָה Zephaniah 3:4; Exodus 22:26 (both || חִלֵּל קֹדֶשׁ); compare מְזִמּוֺת עָלֵי תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ Job 21:27 the devices (wherewith) ye do me violence.
3. both physical and ethical חֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 8:36.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נֶחְמְסוּ Jeremiah 13:22 thy heels suffer violence (|| נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:26

Job

15:33; 15:33; 21:27; 21:27

Proverbs

8:36; 8:36

Jeremiah

13:22; 22:3; 22:3

Lamentations

2:6; 2:6

Ezekiel

22:26

Zephaniah

3:4; 3:4

H2554

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Strong's Number H2554 matches the Hebrew חָמַס (ḥāmas),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - "Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 - You will probably ask yourself, 'Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?' It is because you have sinned so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - The LORD says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The LORD has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. ז (Zayin)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws.
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