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Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H2555חָמָסcha.mas

violencePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 14
  20. 7
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 6
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 6
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 1

Renderings

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60 occurrences in 59 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Jonah 3:8

    but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

    הֶחָמָ֖ס (חָמָ֖ס) cha.Mas “violence”

  2. Micah 6:12

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

    חָמָ֔ס cha.Mas “violence”

  3. Habakkuk 1:2

    How long, O LORD, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save.

    חָמָ֖ס cha.Mas “violence”

  4. Habakkuk 1:3

    Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief? And why are spoiling and violence before me? so that there is strife, and contention ariseth.

    וְחָמָ֖ס (חָמָ֖ס) cha.Mas “violence”

  5. Habakkuk 1:9

    They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

    לְחָמָ֣ס (חָמָ֣ס) cha.Mas “violence”

  6. Habakkuk 2:8

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

    וַחֲמַס־ (חֲמַס) cha.mas- “[the] violence of”

  7. Habakkuk 2:17

    For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

    חֲמַ֤ס cha.Mas “[the] violence of”וַחֲמַס־ (חֲמַס) cha.mas- “[the] violence of”

  8. Zephaniah 1:9

    In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

    חָמָ֥ס cha.Mas “violence”

  9. Malachi 2:16

    For I hate putting away, saith the LORD, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

    חָמָס֙ cha.Mas “violence”