חָמָסchâmâç
violence, wrong, specifically of physical violence (Psalms 7:17; Genesis 6:11; Judges 9:24; Genesis 16:5; Jeremiah 51:35)
Pronunciation: khaw-mawce' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2555
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 60 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who’s wrong—you or me!”
- Genesis 49:5 “Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.
- Exodus 23:1 “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
- Deuteronomy 19:16 “If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime,
See every passage
- Genesis 6:11, 6:13, 16:5, 49:5
- Exodus 23:1
- Deuteronomy 19:16
- Judges 9:24
- 2 Samuel 22:3, 22:49
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
- Job 16:17, 19:7
- Psalms 7:16, 11:5, 18:48, 25:19, 27:12, 35:11, 55:9, 58:2, 72:14, 73:6, 74:20, 140:1, 140:4, 140:11
- Proverbs 3:31, 4:17, 10:6, 10:11, 13:2, 16:29, 26:6
- Isaiah 53:9, 59:6, 60:18
- Jeremiah 6:7, 20:8, 51:35, 51:46
- Ezekiel 7:11, 7:23, 8:17, 12:19, 28:16, 45:9
- Joel 3:19
- Amos 3:10, 6:3
- Obadiah 1:10
- Jonah 3:8
- Micah 6:12
- Habakkuk 1:2, 1:3, 1:9, 2:8, 2:17
- Zephaniah 1:9
- Malachi 2:16
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).