חָמָס
châmâç · khaw-mawce'
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2554 (חָמַס);
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- violence
- by implication, wrong
- by meton. unjust gain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָמָס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- violence10 · 20%
- of violence5 · 10%
- me from the violent4 · 8%
- with violence3 · 6%
- and violence3 · 6%
- of cruelty2 · 4%
- the violence2 · 4%
- but violence2 · 4%
- for the violence2 · 4%
- and for the violence2 · 4%
- my wrong1 · 2%
- to be an unrighteous1 · 2%
- if a false1 · 2%
- that the cruelty1 · 2%
- me from violence1 · 2%
- wrong1 · 2%
- not for any injustice1 · 2%
- of wrong1 · 2%
- and his violent1 · 2%
- me with cruel1 · 2%
- cruelty1 · 2%
- false1 · 2%
- the violent1 · 2%
- thou not the oppressor1 · 2%
- shall eat violence1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.