STRONGS NUMBER H2555


Word Summary
chamas: violence, wrong
Original Word: חָמָס
Transliteration: chamas
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mawce')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: violence, wrong
Meaning: violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain
Strong's Concordance
cruelty, damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence against, done,

From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain -- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2555. chamas

חָמָסnoun masculinePsalm 7:17 violence, wrong — absolute ׳חGenesis 6:11+ 44 t.; construct חֲמַסJudges 9:24 7t.; suffix חֲמָסִיGenesis 16:5; Jeremiah 51:35 (in both = wrong done to me); חֲמָסוֺPsalm 7:17; plural חֲמָסִים2 Samuel 22:49 3t.; — 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; 13:2; 26:6 + Ezekiel 7:11 (si vera lectio, see Co), "" שֹׁדAmos 3:10; Habakkuk 1:3; Jeremiah 6:7; 20:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Isaiah 60:18, "" רִיבPsalm 55:10, "" עָמָל7:17, "" גַּאֲוָה73:6, ח ׳אֹהֵב11:5 ("" רָשָׁע‎), denied, of servant of ׳יIsaiah 53:9, ׳ח בארץJeremiah 51:46, compare Genesis 6:11, 13 (P), Ezekiel 8:17; 12:19; ח נְאוֺת ׳מַחֲשַׁכֵּיאֶֿרֶץ מָֽלְאוּPsalm 74:20, ח מָֽלְאָה ׳הָעִירEzekiel 7:23; 28:16, ח ׳שֶׁבֶתAmos 6:3 is (probably) enthronement of violence; ח ׳כְּלֵיGenesis 49:5 (poem) instrument, weapons, of violence; — other phrases are: ׳ח בְּיָדַיִםJonah 3:8; 1 Chronicles 12:17, compare Job 16:17, ׳ח יְדֵיכֶםPsalm 58:3 and ח ׳מֹּעַל בְּכַמֵּיהֶםIsaiah 59:6; ח ׳עֵד‎ i.e. a witness that promotes violence and wrong Exodus 23:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 19:16, ח ׳עֵדֵיPsalm 35:11; חָמָס וִיפֵהַ שֶׁקֶר עֵדֵי27:12; ח ׳שׂנאת25:19 +? violence; חָמָס אִישׁ‎ = violent man 18:49 (2 Samuel 22:49 has the later ׳א חמסים‎, compare below) Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31; 16:29; חמסים אישׁ‎ (later) Psalm 140:2; 140:5; 2 Samuel 22:49; חֲמָסִים יֵיןProverbs 4:17 i.e. wine gained by violence ("" רֶשַׁע לֶחֶם‎).