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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:11 - Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence H2555 because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong H2555 done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your [fn]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her [fn]sight. May the LORD judge between [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their swords are implements of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious H2555 witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - “If a malicious H2555 witness rises up against a man to [fn]accuse him of [fn]wrongdoing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence H2555 [fn]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - [fn]My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent H2555 man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them, and said to them, “If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no [fn]wrong H2555 in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Although there is no violence H2555 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, ‘Violence!’ H2555 but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence H2555 will descend upon [fn]his own pate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence H2555 His soul hates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent H2555 man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent H2555 hatred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Do not deliver me over to the [fn]desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - Malicious H2555 witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - [fn]Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence H2555 and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence H2555 of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - He will [fn]rescue their [fn]life from oppression and violence, H2555
And their blood will be precious in his sight;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6 - Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence H2555 covers them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent H2555 men

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent H2555 men
Who have [fn]purposed to [fn]trip up my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - “May a [fn]slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent H2555 man [fn]speedily.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy a man of violence H2555
And do not choose any 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. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - From the fruit of a man’s mouth he [fn]enjoys good,
But the [fn]desire of the treacherous is violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A man of violence H2555 entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence H2555
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence, H2555
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And an act of violence H2555 is in their [fn]hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - “Violence H2555 will not be heard again in your land,
Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - “As a well [fn]keeps its waters fresh,
So she [fn]keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence H2555 and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I proclaim violence H2555 and destruction,
Because for me the word of the LORD has [fn]resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - “May the violence H2555 done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The [fn]inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:46 - “Now so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land—
For the report will come [fn]one year,
And after that [fn]another report in [fn]another year,
And violence H2555 will be in the land
With ruler against ruler—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:11 - ‘Violence H2555 [fn]has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among 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 [fn]bloody crimes and the city is full of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence H2555 and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - “Then say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because [fn]their land will be [fn]stripped of its fullness on account of the violence H2555 of all who live in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - “By the abundance of your trade
[fn]You were internally filled with violence, H2555
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O [fn]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 says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence H2555 and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence H2555 [fn]done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - “But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the LORD, “these who hoard up [fn]violence H2555 and devastation in their citadels.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:3 - Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence? H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - “Because of violence H2555 to your brother Jacob,
[fn]You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.

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