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חָמָס (H2555)

châmâç

khaw-mawce'

from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

חָמָס n.m. violence, wrong

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


59 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 72:14
    He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
  • Psalms 73:6
    Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
  • Psalms 74:20
    Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
  • Psalms 140:1
    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
  • Psalms 140:4
    Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
  • Psalms 140:11
    Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
  • Proverbs 3:31
    Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
  • Proverbs 4:17
    For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
  • Proverbs 10:6
    Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Proverbs 10:11
    The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.