חָמָס
ḥāmās
violence
Strong's H2555NounHebrewTWOT 678a

חָמָס (ḥāmās) is a Hebrew noun meaning violence. It appears 60 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2555).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 678a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 678a)violence, wrong; unjust gain; cruel, cruelty, damage, false, injustice, unrighteous, violent
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָמָס noun, masculine: violence, wrong

Strong's H2555 חָמָס: violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
KJV:cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 678: חָמַס ḥāmas — treat violently, wrong; be violent, maltreat; make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, imagine wrongfully

See it in Scripture

Genesis 6:11Exodus 23:1Deuteronomy 19:16

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