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Lexicon :: Strong's H2555 - ḥāmās

Aa
חָמָס
Transliteration
ḥāmās
Pronunciation
khaw-mawce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 678a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

  1. violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
STRONGS H2555: Abbreviations
† חָמָס noun masculinePsalm 7:17 violence, wrong — absolute ח׳ Genesis 6:11+ 44 times; construct חֲמַס Judges 9:24 7 times; suffix חֲמָסִי Genesis 16:5; Jeremiah 51:35 (in both = wrong done to me); חֲמָסוֺ Psalm 7:17; plural חֲמָסִים 2 Samuel 22:49 3 times; — violence, specifically of physical violence Judges 9:24; 2 Samuel 22:3 (not || Psalm 18:3), Obadiah 10; Habakkuk 1:9; Jeremiah 51:35 (of Chaldeans), Habakkuk 2:8, 17 (twice in verse); Joel 4:19; Psalm 72:14; but also wrong, including injurious language, harsh treatment, etc. Genesis 16:5 (J, of wrong done to Sarah by, Hagar), Job 19:7; Malachi 2:16; in general of rude wickedness of men, their noisy, wild, ruthlessness Micah 6:12; Habakkuk 1:2; Zephaniah 1:9; Proverbs 10:6, 11; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 26:6 + Ezekiel 7:11 (si vera lectio, see Co), || שֹׁד Amos 3:10; Habakkuk 1:3; Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 20:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Isaiah 60:18, || רִיב Psalm 55:10, || עָמָל Psalm 7:17, || גַּאֲוָה Psalm 73:6, אֹהֵב ח׳ Psalm 11:5 (|| רָשָׁע), denied, of servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:9, בארץ ח׳ Jeremiah 51:46, compare Genesis 6:11, 13 (P), Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 12:19; מָֽלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּיאֶֿרֶץ נְאוֺת ח׳ Psalm 74:20, הָעִיר מָֽלְאָה ח׳ Ezekiel 7:23; Ezekiel 28:16, שֶׁבֶת ח׳ Amos 6:3 is (probably) enthronement of violence; כְּלֵי ח׳ Genesis 49:5 (poem) instrument, weapons, of violence; — other phrases are: בְּיָדַיִם ח׳ Jonah 3:8; 1 Chronicles 12:17, compare Job 16:17, יְדֵיכֶם ח׳ Psalm 58:3 and בְּכַפֵּיהֶם ח׳ פֹּעַל Isaiah 59:6; עֵד ח׳ i.e. a witness that promotes violence and wrong Exodus 23:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 19:16, עֵדֵי ח׳ Psalm 35:11; עֵדֵי שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵהַ חָמָס Psalm 27:12; שׂנאת ח׳ Psalm 25:19 — violence; אִישׁ חָמָס = violent man Psalm 18:49 (2 Samuel 22:49 has the later חמסים א׳, compare below) Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 16:29; אישׁ חמסים (later) Psalm 140:2; Psalm 140:5; 2 Samuel 22:49; יֵין חֲמָסִים Proverbs 4:17 i.e. wine gained by violence (|| לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

23:1

Deuteronomy

19:16

Judges

9:24; 9:24

2 Samuel

22:3; 22:49; 22:49; 22:49

1 Chronicles

12:17

Job

16:17; 19:7

Psalms

7:17; 7:17; 7:17; 11:5; 18:3; 18:49; 25:19; 27:12; 35:11; 55:10; 58:3; 72:14; 73:6; 74:20; 140:2; 140:5; 140:12

Proverbs

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

Isaiah

53:9; 59:6; 60:18

Jeremiah

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

Ezekiel

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

Amos

3:10; 6:3

Obadiah

1:10

Jonah

3:8

Micah

6:12

Habakkuk

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

Zephaniah

1:9

Malachi

2:16

H2555

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Strong's Number H2555 matches the Hebrew חָמָס (ḥāmās),
which occurs 60 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 6:11–Oba 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And H559➔ Sarai H8297 said ➔H559 unto H413 Abram, H87 My wrong H2555 be upon thee: H5921 I H595 have given H5414 my maid H8198 into thy bosom; H2436 and when she saw H7200 that H3588 she had conceived, H2029 I was despised H7043 in her eyes: H5869 the LORD H3068 judge H8199 between me H996 and thee. H996

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren; H251 instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555 are in their habitations. H4380

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt H5375➔ not H3808 raise ➔H5375 a H8088➔ false H7723 report: ➔H8088 put H7896 not H408 thine hand H3027 with H5973 the wicked H7563 to be H1961 an H5707➔ unrighteous H2555 witness. ➔H5707

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - The God H430 of my rock; H6697 in him will I trust: H2620 he is my shield, H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 my high tower, H4869 and my refuge, H4498 my saviour; H3467 thou savest me H3467 from violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - And that bringeth me forth H3318 from mine enemies: H341 thou H7311➔ also H6965➔ hast lifted me up on high ➔H7311 above them that rose up against me: ➔H6965 thou hast delivered me H5337 from the H376➔ violent H2555 man. ➔H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And H3318➔ David H1732 went out ➔H3318 to meet them, H6440 and answered H6030 and said H559 unto them, If H518 ye be come H935 peaceably H7965 unto me H413 to help me, H5826 mine heart H3824 shall be H1961 knit H3162 unto you: H5921 but if H518 ye be come to betray me H7411 to mine enemies, H6862 seeing H3808➔ there is no ➔H3808 wrong H2555 in mine hands, H3709 the God H430 of our fathers H1 look H7200 thereon, and rebuke H3198 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Not H3808 for H5921 any injustice H2555 in mine hands: H3709 also my prayer H8605 is pure. H2134

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, H2005 I cry out H6817 of wrong, H2555 but H3808➔ I am H6030➔ not ➔H3808 heard: ➔H6030 I cry aloud, H7768 but H369➔ there is no ➔H369 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief H5999 shall return H7725 upon his own head, H7218 and H5921➔ his violent dealing H2555 shall come down H3381 upon ➔H5921 his own pate. H6936

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD H3068 trieth H974 the righteous: H6662 but the wicked H7563 and him that loveth H157 violence H2555 his soul H5315 hateth. H8130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - He delivereth me H6403 from mine enemies: H341 yea, H637 thou liftest me up H7311 above H4480 those that rise up against me: H6965 thou hast delivered me H5337 from the H376➔ violent H2555 man. ➔H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - Consider H7200 mine enemies; H341 for H3588 they are many; H7231 and H8135➔ they hate me H8130 with ➔H8135➔ cruel H2555 hatred. ➔H8135

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Deliver me H5414➔ not H408 over ➔H5414 unto the will H5315 of mine enemies: H6862 for H3588 false H8267 witnesses H5707 are risen up H6965 against me, and such as breathe out H3307 cruelty. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - False H2555 witnesses H5707 did rise up; H6965 they laid to my charge H7592 things that H834 I knew H3045 not. H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Destroy, H1104 O Lord, H136 and divide H6385 their tongues: H3956 for H3588 I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - Yea, H637 in heart H3820 ye work H6466 wickedness; H5766 ye weigh H6424 the violence H2555 of your hands H3027 in the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - He shall redeem H1350 their soul H5315 from deceit H8496 and violence: H2555 and precious shall H3365➔ their blood H1818 be ➔H3365 in his sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6 - Therefore H3651 pride H1346 compasseth them about as a chain; H6059 violence H2555 covereth H5848 them as a garment. H7897

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Have respect H5027 unto the covenant: H1285 for H3588 the dark places H4285 of the earth H776 are full H4390 of the habitations H4999 of cruelty. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, H8104 O LORD, H3068 from the hands H3027 of the wicked; H7563 preserve me H5341 from the H376➔ violent H2555 man; ➔H376 who H834 have purposed H2803 to overthrow H1760 my goings. H6471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let H3559➔ not H1077 an evil H3956➔ speaker ➔ H376 H3956 be established ➔H3559 in the earth: H776 evil H7451 shall hunt H6679 the H376➔ violent H2555 man ➔H376 to overthrow H4073 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Envy thou H7065 not H408 the oppressor, H376 H2555 and H408➔ choose H977 none ➔H408 of H3605 his ways. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For H3588 they eat H3898 the bread H3899 of wickedness, H7562 and H3196➔ drink H8354 the wine ➔H3196 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings H1293 are upon the head H7218 of the just: H6662 but H6310➔ violence H2555 covereth H3680 the mouth ➔H6310 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth H6310 of a righteous H6662 man is a well H4726 of life: H2416 but H6310➔ violence H2555 covereth H3680 the mouth ➔H6310 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - A man H376 shall eat H398 good H2896 by the fruit H6529 of H6310➔ his mouth: ➔H6310 but the soul H5315 of the transgressors H898 shall eat violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A H376➔ violent H2555 man ➔H376 enticeth H6601 his neighbour, H7453 and leadeth him H3212 into the way H1870 that is not H3808 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He that sendeth H7971 a message H1697 by the hand H3027 of a fool H3684 cutteth off H7096 the feet, H7272 and drinketh H8354 damage. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs H6980 shall H1961➔ not H3808 become ➔H1961 garments, H899 neither H3808 shall they cover themselves H3680 with their works: H4639 their works H4639 are works H4639 of iniquity, H205 and the act H6467 of violence H2555 is in their hands. H3709

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For H3588 since H1767 I spake, H1696 I cried out, H2199 I cried H7121 violence H2555 and spoil; H7701 because H3588 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 was made H1961 a reproach H2781 unto me, H589 and a derision, H7047 daily. H3605 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - And say H559 unto H413 the people H5971 of the land, H776 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 and of H413 the land H127 of Israel; H3478 They shall eat H398 their bread H3899 with carefulness, H1674 and H4325➔ drink H8354 their water ➔H4325 with astonishment, H8078 that H4616 her land H776 may be desolate H3456 from all that is therein, H4393 because of the violence H2555 of all H3605 them that dwell H3427 therein.

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