Word Study · Strong's H2554 · Hebrew
חָמַס
chamas
khaw-mas'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châmaç
“to be violent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
Rendered in the KJV as
make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס1
- חֹמֵ֣ס1
- חָמְס֣וּ1
- חָמְס֖וּ1
- יַחְמֹ֣ס1
- נֶחְמְס֥וּ1
- תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ1
- תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃1
How it is rendered · 8
- [is] doing wrong to1
- and he has treated violently1
- he will wrong1
- they do violence to1
- they have done violence to1
- they have suffered violence1
- you do violence1
- you treat violently1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- Hc/Vqw3ms1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3cp · 2
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 1
- HVNp3cp · 1
- HVqi2mp · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqj2mp · 1
- HVqrmsa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job2 occurrences
- Job 15:33יַחְמֹ֣סyachmosverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.here: he will wrong
- Job 21:27תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃tachmosuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBehold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.here: you do violence
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 13:22נֶחְמְס֥וּnechmesuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.here: they have suffered violence
- Jeremiah 22:3תַּחְמֹ֔סוּtachmosuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluralThis is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.here: you treat violently