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Lexicon :: Strong's H2555 - ḥāmās

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חָמָס
Transliteration
ḥāmās
Pronunciation
khaw-mawce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 678a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

  1. violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
STRONGS H2555: Abbreviations
† חָמָס noun masculinePsalm 7:17 violence, wrong — absolute ח׳ Genesis 6:11+ 44 times; construct חֲמַס Judges 9:24 7 times; suffix חֲמָסִי Genesis 16:5; Jeremiah 51:35 (in both = wrong done to me); חֲמָסוֺ Psalm 7:17; plural חֲמָסִים 2 Samuel 22:49 3 times; — violence, specifically of physical violence Judges 9:24; 2 Samuel 22:3 (not || Psalm 18:3), Obadiah 10; Habakkuk 1:9; Jeremiah 51:35 (of Chaldeans), Habakkuk 2:8, 17 (twice in verse); Joel 4:19; Psalm 72:14; but also wrong, including injurious language, harsh treatment, etc. Genesis 16:5 (J, of wrong done to Sarah by, Hagar), Job 19:7; Malachi 2:16; in general of rude wickedness of men, their noisy, wild, ruthlessness Micah 6:12; Habakkuk 1:2; Zephaniah 1:9; Proverbs 10:6, 11; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 26:6 + Ezekiel 7:11 (si vera lectio, see Co), || שֹׁד Amos 3:10; Habakkuk 1:3; Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 20:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Isaiah 60:18, || רִיב Psalm 55:10, || עָמָל Psalm 7:17, || גַּאֲוָה Psalm 73:6, אֹהֵב ח׳ Psalm 11:5 (|| רָשָׁע), denied, of servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:9, בארץ ח׳ Jeremiah 51:46, compare Genesis 6:11, 13 (P), Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 12:19; מָֽלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּיאֶֿרֶץ נְאוֺת ח׳ Psalm 74:20, הָעִיר מָֽלְאָה ח׳ Ezekiel 7:23; Ezekiel 28:16, שֶׁבֶת ח׳ Amos 6:3 is (probably) enthronement of violence; כְּלֵי ח׳ Genesis 49:5 (poem) instrument, weapons, of violence; — other phrases are: בְּיָדַיִם ח׳ Jonah 3:8; 1 Chronicles 12:17, compare Job 16:17, יְדֵיכֶם ח׳ Psalm 58:3 and בְּכַפֵּיהֶם ח׳ פֹּעַל Isaiah 59:6; עֵד ח׳ i.e. a witness that promotes violence and wrong Exodus 23:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 19:16, עֵדֵי ח׳ Psalm 35:11; עֵדֵי שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵהַ חָמָס Psalm 27:12; שׂנאת ח׳ Psalm 25:19 — violence; אִישׁ חָמָס = violent man Psalm 18:49 (2 Samuel 22:49 has the later חמסים א׳, compare below) Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 16:29; אישׁ חמסים (later) Psalm 140:2; Psalm 140:5; 2 Samuel 22:49; יֵין חֲמָסִים Proverbs 4:17 i.e. wine gained by violence (|| לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:11; 6:11; 6:13; 16:5; 16:5; 49:5

Exodus

23:1

Deuteronomy

19:16

Judges

9:24; 9:24

2 Samuel

22:3; 22:49; 22:49; 22:49

1 Chronicles

12:17

Job

16:17; 19:7

Psalms

7:17; 7:17; 7:17; 11:5; 18:3; 18:49; 25:19; 27:12; 35:11; 55:10; 58:3; 72:14; 73:6; 74:20; 140:2; 140:5; 140:12

Proverbs

3:31; 4:17; 10:6; 10:11; 13:2; 16:29; 26:6

Isaiah

53:9; 59:6; 60:18

Jeremiah

6:7; 20:8; 51:35; 51:35; 51:46

Ezekiel

7:11; 7:23; 8:17; 12:19; 28:16; 45:9

Amos

3:10; 6:3

Obadiah

1:10

Jonah

3:8

Micah

6:12

Habakkuk

1:2; 1:3; 1:9; 2:8; 2:17

Zephaniah

1:9

Malachi

2:16

H2555

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Strong's Number H2555 matches the Hebrew חָמָס (ḥāmās),
which occurs 60 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 6:11–Oba 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:11 - And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - God is my rock, in him will I trust -- My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - He brought me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; From the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers see it and rebuke it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6 - Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - And men appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitress of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:46 - lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that a rumour in another year, and violence in the earth, ruler against ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:11 - Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: nothing of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth, nor of the magnificence in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:23 - Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane from the mountain of God, and have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in that they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:3 - Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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