Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
KJV Usage: make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָמַס (cha.mas) — to injure. 1) to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly 1a) (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong 1a1) of physical wrong 1a2) of ethical wrong 1a3) of physical and ethical wrong 1b) (Niphal) to be treated violently
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָמָס
Ferocious | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ חלל · ינה · שׁפך דָּם
to harm, to wrong, to mistreat, to abuse = action by which humans behave aggressively towards other humans with which they have a relationship; ► usually in order to enrich themselves in one way or another
JOB 21:27 · PRO 8:36 · JER 13:22 · JER 22:3 · EZK 22:26 · ZEP 3:4
verb
Non-Whole | verb qal | ≈ שׁלך
to let go, to shed, to drop = process by which a plant lets go of its fruits
Dissociate | verb qal
to drop, to let go, to give up = action by which deities detach themselves from an object to which they used to feel attached
1 LAM 2:6 Most translations interpret חמס here as referring to physical destruction of an object. Yet this verb never really has this meaning. The meaning "to drop, let go", however, has been attested, so it not implausible for this verb to have this meaning in this verse as well.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָמַס] vb. treat violently, wrong Qal treat violently, wrong of physical wrong
of ethical wrong
both physical and ethical
Niph. thy heels suffer violence
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