Strong's Hebrew · H2555
חָמָס
châmâç · khaw-mawce'
Definitionviolence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
Derivationfrom H2554 (חָמַס);
KJV usagecruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Occurrences60 in the KJV · 59 verses
חָמָס in Scripture
Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Deuteronomy 19:16
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Judges 9:24
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
2 Samuel 22:3
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
1 Chronicles 12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon , and rebuke it .
Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
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