Lexical Definition

‎חָמָס‎ châmâç (khaw-mawce') violence ^H:N-M
from ‎חָמַס‎

cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

• violence
• by implication, wrong
• by meton. unjust gain

1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָמָס‎ noun masculine^{Ps 7:17*} violence, wrong — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 6:11+ 44 t.; construct ‎חֲמַס‎ Judg 9:24 + 7 t.; suffix ‎חֲמָסִי‎ Gen 16:5; Jer 51:35 (in both = wrong done to me); ‎חֲמָסוֺ‎ Ps 7:17* plural ‎חֲמָסִים‎ 2Sam 22:49 + 3 t.; — violence, specifically of physical violence Judg 9:24; 2Sam 22:3 (not || Ps 18:3*), Obad 1:10; Hab 1:9; Jer 51:35 (of Chaldeans), Hab 2:8; Hab 2:17 (twice in verse); Joel 4:19*; Ps 72:14 but also wrong, including injurious language, harsh treatment, etc. Gen 16:5 (J, of wrong done to Sarah by, Hagar), Job 19:7; Mal 2:16 in general of rude wickedness of men, their noisy, wild, ruthlessness Mic 6:12; Hab 1:2; Zeph 1:9; Prov 10:6; Prov 10:11; Prov 13:2; Prov 26:6 + Ezek 7:11 (si vera lectio, see Co), || ‎שֹׁד‎ Amos 3:10; Hab 1:3; Jer 6:7; Jer 20:8; Ezek 45:9; Isa 60:18, || ‎רִיב‎ Ps 55:10*, || ‎עָמָל‎ Ps 7:17*, || ‎גַּאֲוָה‎ Ps 73:6, ‎׳‎‎אֹהֵב ח‎ Ps 11:5 (|| ‎רָשָׁע‎), denied, of servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 53:9, ‎בארץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 51:46, compare Gen 6:11; Gen 6:13 (P), Ezek 8:17; Ezek 12:19 ‎מָֽלְאוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מַחֲשַׁכֵּיאֶֿרֶץ נְאוֺת ח‎ Ps 74:20, ‎׳‎‎הָעִיר מָֽלְאָה ח‎ Ezek 7:23; Ezek 28:16, ‎׳‎‎שֶׁבֶת ח‎ Amos 6:3 is (probably) enthronement of violence; ‎׳‎‎כְּלֵי ח‎ Gen 49:5 (poem) instrument, weapons, of violence; — other phrases are: ‎בְּיָדַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jonah 3:8; 1Chr 12:17*, compare Job 16:17, ‎יְדֵיכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 58:3* and ‎בְּכַפֵּיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎פֹּעַל ח‎ Isa 59:6 ‎׳‎‎עֵד ח‎ i.e. a witness that promotes violence and wrong Exod 23:1 (JE), Deut 19:16, ‎׳‎‎עֵדֵי ח‎ Ps 35:11 ‎עֵדֵי שֶׁקֶר‎ ‎וִיפֵהַ חָמָס‎ Ps 27:12 ‎׳‎‎שׂנאת ח‎ Ps 25:19 = hatred characterized by violence; ‎אִישׁ חָמָס‎ = violent man Ps 18:49* (2Sam 22:49 has the later ‎חמסים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, compare below) Ps 140:12*; Prov 3:31; Prov 16:29 ‎אישׁ חמסים‎ (later) Ps 140:2*; Ps 140:5*; 2Sam 22:49 ‎יֵין חֲמָסִים‎ Prov 4:17 i.e. wine gained by violence (|| ‎לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע‎).

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