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חָמַס H2554
H2554 is the Hebrew word חָמַס, transliterated châmaç and said khaw-mas'. The King James Version most often renders it shake off.
What it means
to be violent; by implication, to maltreat.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
Verses using חָמַס
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Job 15:33 · KJV
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Proverbs 8:36 · KJV
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Jeremiah 22:3 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Lamentations 2:6 · KJV
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Ezekiel 22:26 · KJV
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Zephaniah 3:4 · KJV
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2554 mean?
H2554 is the Hebrew word חָמַס (châmaç), meaning to be violent; by implication, to maltreat.
How is H2554 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shake off (1 time), against me wrongeth (1 time), no violence (1 time), violently taken away (1 time), violated (1 time), among others.
How many times does H2554 appear in the Bible?
חָמַס (châmaç) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2554 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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