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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
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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 - وَكَكَرْمَةٍ تَسَاقَطَتْ عَنَاقِيدُ حِصْرِمِهَا، وَتَنَاثَرَ زَهْرُهَا كَالزَّيْتُونِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - انْظُرُوا، أَنَا مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى أَفْكَارِكُمْ وَمَا تَتَّهِمُونَنِي بِهِ جَوْراً،

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - وَمَنْ يَضِلُّ عَنِّي يُؤْذِي نَفْسَهُ، وَمَنْ يُبْغِضُنِي يُحِبُّ الْمَوْتَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 - وَإِنْ تَسَاءَلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: «لِمَاذَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» إِنَّهَا عَاقِبَةُ كَثْرَةِ آثَامِكِ. قَدْ هُتِكَتْ أَذْيَالُكِ، وَاغْتُصِبَ جَسَدُكِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ، وَلا تَجُورُوا عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالأَرْمَلَةِ، وَلا تَتَعَسَّفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً بَرِيئاً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - نَقَضَ مَظَلَّتَهُ كَمَا يُنْقَضُ كُوخٌ مِنَ الأَغْصَانِ فِي حَدِيقَةٍ، وَرَدَمَ مَقَرَّ مُجْتَمَعِهِ. جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ صِهْيَوْنَ تَنْسَى مَوَاسِمَ أَعْيَادِهَا وَسُبُوتَهَا. وَنَبَذَ بِاحْتِدَامِ سُخْطِهِ الْمَلِكَ وَالْكَاهِنَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - خَالَفَ كَهَنَتُهَا شَرِيعَتِي وَنَجَّسُوا مَقَادِسِي. لَمْ يُمَيِّزُوا بَيْنَ الْمُقَدَّسِ وَالرِّجْسِ، وَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا الْفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الطَّاهِرِ وَالنَّجِسِ، وَحَجَبُوا عُيُونَهُمْ عَنْ أَيَّامِ سُبُوتِي فَصِرْتُ مُدَنَّساً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا مَغْرُورُونَ وَخَوَنَةٌ، وَكَهَنَتُهَا يُدَنِّسُونَ الْمَقْدِسَ وَيَتَعَدُّونَ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ.
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