Strong's Hebrew · H2555
H2555 châmâç
חָמָס
khaw-mawce'
violence
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châmâç appears 60 times in Scripture, including Genesis 6:11 and Exodus 23:1. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
In the King James Version
cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Derivation
from H2554 (חָמַס);
Appears 60 times in Scripture
“Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.”
“If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,”
““For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.”
“Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.”
“Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.”
“From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.”
“in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.”
““You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.”
“Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.”
“Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
