חָמַס
cha.mas
“to injure”
Definition
to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
a primitive root;
- to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly 1a) (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong 1a1) of physical wrong 1a2) of ethical wrong 1a3) of physical and ethical wrong 1b) (Niphal) to be treated violently
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָמַס appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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And if you ask yourself,“Why has this happened to me?”It is because of the magnitude of your iniquitythat your skirts have been stripped offand your body has been exposed.
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well,the schemes by which you would wrong me.
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