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חָמָס H2555

H2555 is the Hebrew word חָמָס, transliterated châmâç and said khaw-mawce'. The King James Version most often renders it violence.

Word: חָמָסTransliteration: châmâçSaid: khaw-mawce'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 52 verses

What it means

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain.

Where it comes from

from H2554 (חָמַס).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 52 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

violence 32×violent 7×wrong 3×cruelty 2×unrighteous 1×if a false 1×injustice 1×cruel 1×false 1×oppressor 1×no violence 1×because of the violence 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Verses using חָמָס

The first 40 of 52 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 6:13 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Exodus 23:1 · KJV

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16 · KJV

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Judges 9:24 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 19:7 · KJV

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Psalm 7:16 · KJV

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 11:5 · KJV

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalm 18:48 · KJV

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Psalm 25:19 · KJV

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Psalm 35:11 · KJV

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Psalm 55:9 · KJV

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 58:2 · KJV

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalm 72:14 · KJV

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Psalm 73:6 · KJV

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalm 140:1 · KJV

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Psalm 140:4 · KJV

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Psalm 140:11 · KJV

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Proverbs 3:31 · KJV

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 10:6 · KJV

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:11 · KJV

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 16:29 · KJV

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

Isaiah 53:9 · KJV

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 59:6 · KJV

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Isaiah 60:18 · KJV

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

Jeremiah 6:7 · KJV

As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

Jeremiah 20:8 · KJV

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

Jeremiah 51:35 · KJV

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

Jeremiah 51:46 · KJV

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Ezekiel 7:11 · KJV

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.

Ezekiel 8:17 · KJV

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 12:19 · KJV

And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Ezekiel 28:16 · KJV

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 45:9 · KJV

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

Joel 3:19 · KJV

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2555 mean?

H2555 is the Hebrew word חָמָס (châmâç), meaning violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain.

How is H2555 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it violence (32 times), violent (7 times), wrong (3 times), cruelty (2 times), unrighteous (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2555 appear in the Bible?

חָמָס (châmâç) is tagged in 52 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2555 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2554 (חָמַס).

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