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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 is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled with violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai saith unto Abram, 'My violence is for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - 'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - for the coming in of the violence to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and of their blood to place it on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the masters of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - My God is my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, 'If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6 - Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And 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 hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called 'Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, 'Praise.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As the digging of a well, is for its waters, So she hath digged for her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually are sickness and smiting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - Because from the time I speak I cry out, 'Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - My wrong, and that of my flesh is on Babylon, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood is on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:46 - And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence is in the land, ruler against ruler;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:11 - The violence hath risen to a rod of wickedness, There is none of them, nor of their multitude, Nor of their noise, nor is there wailing for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:23 - Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - and thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because of the violence of all who are dwelling in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - By the abundance of thy merchandise They have filled thy midst with violence, And thou dost sin, And I thrust thee from the mount of God, And I destroy 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 said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you -- princes of Israel; violence and spoil turn aside, and judgment and righteousness do; lift up your exactions from off My people -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - Egypt a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence to sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:3 - Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - For slaughter, for violence to thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off -- to the age.

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