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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