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H2555 חָמָס (châmâç) khaw-mawce'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָמָס (cha.mas) — violence. violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · חמס

Ferocious | Wrong | Unsafe | ≈ אָוֶן · בגד · חָמָס · עַוְלָה · רַע · רָעָה · רֶשַׁע · שֹׁד · תֹּועֵבָה · תֹּךְ

violence = pattern of behavior by which humans behave aggressively towards other humans, ► usually in order to enrich oneself in one way or another

GEN 6:11 · GEN 6:13 · GEN 16:5 · GEN 49:5 · EXO 23:1 · DEU 19:16 · JDG 9:24 · 2SA 22:3 · 2SA 22:49 · 1CH 12:18 · JOB 16:17 · JOB 19:7 · PSA 7:17 · PSA 11:5 · PSA 18:49 · PSA 25:19 · PSA 27:12 · PSA 35:11 · PSA 55:10 · PSA 58:3 · PSA 72:14 · PSA 73:6 · PSA 74:20 · PSA 140:2 · PSA 140:5 · PSA 140:12 · PRO 3:31 · PRO 4:17 · PRO 10:6 · PRO 10:11 · PRO 13:2 · PRO 16:29 · PRO 26:6 · ISA 53:9 · ISA 59:6 · ISA 60:18 · JER 6:7 · JER 20:8 · JER 51:35 · JER 51:46 · EZK 7:11 · EZK 7:23 · EZK 8:17 · EZK 12:19 · EZK 28:16 · EZK 45:9 · JOL 4:19 · AMO 6:3 · OBA 1:10 · JON 3:8 · MIC 6:12 · HAB 1:2 · HAB 1:3 · HAB 1:9 · HAB 2:8 · HAB 2:17 · MAL 2:16

Objects

goods obtained by aggression = goods obtained from someone else through extortion and aggression

AMO 3:10 · ZEP 1:9

Impact

destruction = causative action by which humans inflict damage on objects

HAB 2:17

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָמָס n.m. violence, wrong base

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