TBESH · H2555
חָמָס · cha.mas · violence
violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice
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cha.mas H2555
חָמָס (cha.mas) means “violence” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָמָס Hebrew · H2555 60 tagged occurrences in 59 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-mawce' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2554 (חָמַס); violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV glosses: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
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How translators render H2555
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| violence | 16 |
| of violence | 14 |
| because of the violence | 3 |
| with violence | 3 |
| a violent | 2 |
| and violence | 2 |
| and your violence | 2 |
| from violent | 2 |
| your violence | 2 |
| a false | 1 |
| a malicious | 1 |
| and from the violence | 1 |
| and his violence | 1 |
| from violence | 1 |
| hostile | 1 |
| in order that the crime | 1 |
| is violence | 1 |
| may the violence done to me | 1 |
| may the wrong done to me | 1 |
| on violence | 1 |
| their violence | 1 |
| will violence | 1 |
| with vicious | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| violence | 13 |
| of violence | 5 |
| me from the violent | 4 |
| and violence | 3 |
| the violence | 3 |
| with violence | 3 |
| but violence | 2 |
| for the violence | 2 |
| of cruelty | 2 |
| a violent | 1 |
| all for violence | 1 |
| and for the violence | 1 |
| and from the violence | 1 |
| and his violent | 1 |
| because of the violence | 1 |
| cruelty | 1 |
| damage | 1 |
| false | 1 |
| if a false | 1 |
| injustice | 1 |
| me from violence | 1 |
| me with cruel | 1 |
| my wrong | 1 |
| no violence | 1 |
| of thee with violence | 1 |
| of wrong | 1 |
| that the cruelty | 1 |
| the violent | 1 |
| thou not the oppressor | 1 |
| to be an unrighteous | 1 |
| up violence | 1 |
| wrong | 1 |
Verses containing H2555
Page 2 of 2. 59 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Jonah 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
Read word by word - Micah 6:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 1:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Read word by word - Habakkuk 1:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 2:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 2:17
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
Read word by word - Malachi 2:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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