Hebrew word study

חָמַסchâmaç — to be violent

Pronounced “khaw-mas'”

to be violent; by implication, to maltreat

Translated in the King James as: make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.

Appears 8 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Job — 2×
Job 15:33Job 21:27
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 8:36
Jeremiah — 2×
Jeremiah 13:22Jeremiah 22:3
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 2:6
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 22:26
Zephaniah — 1×
Zeph 3:4

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