H2555 - חָמָס (châmâç)

H2555 חָמָס (châmâç) khaw-mawce'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

violence

Strong's Definition

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

Derivation: from H2554 (חָמַס);

KJV Usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

TWOT Reference: 678a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G93 G94 G458 G684 G763 G765 G3681

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָמָס châmâs BDB Definition: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2554 Same Word by TWOT Number: 678a Total KJV Occurrences: 60

Bible Occurrences (59)

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

23:1

19:16

9:24

22:3 22:49

12:17

16:17 19:7

7:16 11:5 18:48 25:19 27:12 35:11 55:9 58:2 72:14 73:6 74:20 140:1 140:4 140:11

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

53:9 59:6 60:18

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

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

3:19

3:10 6:3

1:10

3:8

6:12

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

1:9

2:16

Genesis 6:11

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, [and] full of violence.

Genesis 6:13

Then God said to Noah, The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

Genesis 16:5

Then Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me [be] upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt.... May the LORD judge between you and me....

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Exodus 23:1

You shall not spread a false report. Do not join...... the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If... a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Judges 9:24

in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

2 Samuel 22:3

My God [is] my rock, in whom I take refuge..., my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.