H2555 חָמָס
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 59 KJV occurrences
חָמָס
châmâç · khaw-mawce'
Definition
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV Renderings
cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Derivation / Etymology
from H2554 (חָמַס);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 59)
- Genesis 6:11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- 2 Samuel 22:3The 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.
- Psalms 18:48He 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.
- Psalms 74:20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
- Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
- Jeremiah 20:8For 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.
- Ezekiel 45:9¶ 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.
- Habakkuk 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!