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Lexicon :: Strong's H2554 - ḥāmas

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Job 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 -

“He will drop H2554 off H2554 his unripe grape like the vine,

And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 -

“Behold, I know your thoughts,

And the plans by which you do violence H2554 against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 -

“But he who [fn]sins against me does violence H2554 to his own soul;

All those who hate me love death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 -

“If you say in your heart,

‘Why have these things happened to me?’

Because of the magnitude of your iniquity

Your skirts have been uncovered

And your heels have suffered H2554 violence H2554.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do H2554 violence H2554 to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 -

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And He has violently H2554 treated H2554 His [fn]tabernacle like a garden booth;

He has brought His appointed [fn]meeting place to ruin.

Yahweh has caused to be forgotten

The appointed time and sabbath in Zion,

And He has spurned king and priest

In the indignation of His anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - “Her priests have done H2554 violence H2554 to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no separation between the holy and the profane, and they have not made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 -

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;

Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.

They have done H2554 violence H2554 to the law.

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