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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 BoxJob 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - “He will drop H2554 off H2554 his unripe H1155 grape H1155 like the vine, H1612
And will cast H7993 off H7993 his flower H5328 like the olive H2132 tree. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - “Behold, H2005 I know H3045 your thoughts, H4284
And the plans H4209 by which you would wrong H2554 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - “But he who [fn]sins H2398 against me injures H2554 himself; H5315
All H3605 those who hate H8130 me love H157 death.” H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 - “If H3588 you say H559 in your heart, H3824
‘Why H4069 have these H428 things H428 happened H7122 to me?’
Because of the magnitude H7230 of your iniquity H5771
Your skirts H7757 have been removed H1540
And your heels H6119 have [fn]been exposed. H2554

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the one who has been robbed H1497 from the power H3027 of his oppressor. H6216 Also do not mistreat H3238 or do H2554 violence H2554 to the stranger, H1616 the orphan, H3490 or the widow; H490 and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - And He has violently H2554 treated H2554 His [fn]tabernacle H7900 like a garden H1588 booth;
He has destroyed H7843 His appointed H4150 [fn]meeting H4150 place. H4150
The LORD H3068 has caused to be forgotten H7911
The appointed H4150 feast H4150 and sabbath H7676 in Zion, H6726
And He has despised H5006 king H4428 and priest H3548
In the indignation H2195 of His anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - “Her priests H3548 have done H2554 violence H2554 to My law H8451 and have profaned H2490 My holy H6944 things; H6944 they have made H914 no H3808 distinction H914 between H996 the holy H6944 and the profane, H2455 and they have not taught H3045 the difference between H996 the unclean H2931 and the clean; H2889 and they hide H5956 their eyes H5869 from My sabbaths, H7676 and I am profaned H2490 among H8432 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - Her prophets H5030 are reckless, H6348 treacherous H900 men; H376
Her priests H3548 have profaned H2490 the sanctuary. H6944
They have done H2554 violence H2554 to the law. H8451
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