חָמַסchâmaç

Meanings

Same root

• חָמָסchâmâç · H2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
• תַּחְמָסtachmâç · H8464a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

• Job 15:33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early, like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.
• Job 21:27 “Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.
• Proverbs 8:36 But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.”
• Jeremiah 13:22 You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been stripped and raped by invading armies.
• Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the Lord says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!
• Lamentations 2:6 He has broken down his Temple as though it were merely a garden shelter. The Lord has blotted out all memory of the holy festivals and Sabbath days. Kings and priests fall together before his fierce anger.