Chamas חָמָס

Chamas (Hebrew חָמָס, Strong's H2555) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “violence”. It occurs 60 times in 59 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Violence

Verses

Every verse with Chamas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 6:11
  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
• Genesis 6:13
  And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
• Genesis 16:5
  And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
• Genesis 49:5
  Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Exodus

• Exodus 23:1
  Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 19:16
  If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Judges

• Judges 9:24
  That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:3
  The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
• 2 Samuel 22:49
  And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 12:17
  And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

Job

• Job 16:17
  Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
• Job 19:7
  Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:16
  His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Psalm 11:5
  The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Psalm 18:48
  He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
• Psalm 25:19
  Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
• Psalm 27:12
  Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• Psalm 35:11
  False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Psalm 55:9
  Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
• Psalm 58:2
  Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
• Psalm 72:14
  He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
• Psalm 73:6
  Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
• Psalm 74:20
  Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
• Psalm 140:1
  Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
• Psalm 140:4
  Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
• Psalm 140:11
  Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:31
  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
• Proverbs 4:17
  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
• Proverbs 10:6
  Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Proverbs 10:11
  The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Proverbs 13:2
  A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
• Proverbs 16:29
  A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
• Proverbs 26:6
  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 53:9
  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
• Isaiah 59:6
  Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
• Isaiah 60:18
  Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:7
  As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
• Jeremiah 20:8
  For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
• Jeremiah 51:35
  The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 51:46
  And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 7:11
  Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
• Ezekiel 7:23
  Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
• Ezekiel 8:17
  Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
• Ezekiel 12:19
  And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
• Ezekiel 28:16
  By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
• Ezekiel 45:9
  Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’

Joel

• Joel 3:19
  Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Amos

• Amos 3:10
  For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
• Amos 6:3
  Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

Obadiah

• Obadiah 1:10
  For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Jonah

• Jonah 3:8
  But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.

Micah

• Micah 6:12
  For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:2
  O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
• Habakkuk 1:3
  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
• Habakkuk 1:9
  They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
• Habakkuk 2:8
  Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
• Habakkuk 2:17
  For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:9
  In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

Malachi

• Malachi 2:16
  For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).