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Lexicon :: Strong's H2554 - ḥāmas

Aa
חָמַס
Transliteration
ḥāmas
Pronunciation
khaw-mas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 678

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַס châmaç, khaw-mas'; a primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat:—make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2554 in the following manner: ..violence (2x), violated (1x), shake off (1x), wrongfully imagine (1x), violently taken away (1x), wronged (1x), made bare (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2554 in the following manner: ..violence (2x), violated (1x), shake off (1x), wrongfully imagine (1x), violently taken away (1x), wronged (1x), made bare (1x).

  1. to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly

    1. (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong

      1. of physical wrong

      2. of ethical wrong

      3. of physical and ethical wrong

    2. (Niphal) to be treated violently

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַס châmaç, khaw-mas'; a primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat:—make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
STRONGS H2554: Abbreviations
† [חָמַס] verb treat violently, wrong (Late Hebrew id., act violently, treat violently; Aramaic חֲמַס (rare) violently seize; Arabic حَمِسَ is be hard, strict, rigorous) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural חָֽמְסוּ Ezekiel 22:26; Zephaniah 3:4; Imperfect יַחְמֹס Job 15:33, וַיַּחְמֹס Lamentations 2:6; תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ Job 21:27; Jeremiah 22:3; Participle חֹמֵס Proverbs 8:36; — treat violently, wrong; —
1. of physical wrong: תַּחְ׳ Jeremiah 22:3 (|| תֹּנוּ) of wrong to widows and orphans; כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֺ וַיַּח׳ Lamentations 2:6 and hath done violence to his pavilion as to a garden (|| שִׁחֵת מֹעֲדוֺ); so, figurative, of vine, wrong, i.e. fail to nourish, kill כַּגֶּפֶן יַח׳ בִּסְרוֺ Job 15:33.
2. of ethical wrong, object תּוֺרָה Zephaniah 3:4; Exodus 22:26 (both || חִלֵּל קֹדֶשׁ); compare מְזִמּוֺת עָלֵי תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ Job 21:27 the devices (wherewith) ye do me violence.
3. both physical and ethical חֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 8:36.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נֶחְמְסוּ Jeremiah 13:22 thy heels suffer violence (|| נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:26

Job

15:33; 15:33; 21:27; 21:27

Proverbs

8:36; 8:36

Jeremiah

13:22; 22:3; 22:3

Lamentations

2:6; 2:6

Ezekiel

22:26

Zephaniah

3:4; 3:4

H2554

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Strong's Number H2554 matches the Hebrew חָמַס (ḥāmas),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - He shall shake off H2554 his unripe grape H1154 as the vine, H1612 and shall cast off H7993 his flower H5328 as the olive. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - Behold, H2005 I know H3045 your thoughts, H4284 and the devices H4209 which ye wrongfully imagine H2554 against me. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But he that sinneth against me H2398 wrongeth H2554 his own soul: H5315 all H3605 they that hate me H8130 love H157 death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 - And if H3588 thou say H559 in thine heart, H3824 Wherefore H4069 come H7122➔ these things H428 upon me? ➔H7122 For the greatness H7230 of thine iniquity H5771 are H1540➔ thy skirts H7757 discovered, ➔H1540 and thy heels H6119 made bare. H2554

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Execute ye H6213 judgment H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the spoiled H1497 out of the hand H3027 of the oppressor: H6216 and H1616➔ do H3238➔ no H408 wrong, ➔H3238 do H2554➔ no H408 violence ➔ H2554 to the stranger, ➔H1616 the fatherless, H3490 nor the widow, H490 neither H408 shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in H4725➔ this H2088 place. ➔H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - And he hath violently taken away H2554 his tabernacle, H7900 as if it were of a garden: H1588 he hath destroyed H7843 his places of the assembly: H4150 the LORD H3068 hath caused H7911➔ the solemn feasts H4150 and sabbaths H7676 to be forgotten ➔H7911 in Zion, H6726 and hath despised H5006 in the indignation H2195 of his anger H639 the king H4428 and the priest. H3548

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests H3548 have violated H2554 my law, H8451 and have profaned H2490 mine holy things: H6944 they have put H914➔ no H3808 difference ➔H914 between H996 the holy H6944 and profane, H2455 neither H3808 have they shewed H3045 difference between H996 the unclean H2931 and the clean, H2889 and H7676➔ have hid H5956 their eyes H5869 from my sabbaths, ➔H7676 and I am profaned H2490 among them. H8432

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - Her prophets H5030 are light H6348 and treacherous H900 persons: H376 her priests H3548 have polluted H2490 the sanctuary, H6944 they have done violence H2554 to the law. H8451
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