חָמָס chamas

Hebrew word for “violence” · Strong’s H2555 · used 60 times in 59 verses

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Meaning

violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

How it is translated

Glosses given for chamas in context, with how often each is used:

• violence 52
• injustice 4
• violences 4

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 140 (3), Habakkuk 1 (3), Genesis 6 (2), 2 Samuel 22 (2), Proverbs 10 (2), Jeremiah 51 (2), Ezekiel 7 (2), Habakkuk 2 (2), Genesis 16 (1), Genesis 49 (1)

Forms

• חמס 41
• מחמס 4
• חמסים 4
• וחמס 4
• חמסי 2
• החמס 2
• חמסו 1
• ומחמס 1
• לחמס 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chamas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שֹׁד shod “violence” 7
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 8
• כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 7
• דָּם dam “blood” 7
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 6
• עֵד ed “witness” 4
• קוּם qum “to arise” 6
• פֶּה peh “lip” 5
• כַּף kaph “palm” 4
• אָדָם adam “man” 5
• רַע ra “bad” 5
• רָאָה raah “to see” 6

Key verses

The verses using chamas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
• Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• 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.
• 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…
• Psalms 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Psalms 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
• Isaiah 59:6 — 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…
• Ezekiel 7:23 — Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
• Ezekiel 8:17 — 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?…
• Amos 6:3 — Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• Obadiah 1:10 — For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
• Habakkuk 2:8 — Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.