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It is often used in the context of physical violence or moral corruption, indicating a breach of ethical conduct and a departure from God's righteous standards. The term can also imply oppression or the unjust treatment of others, reflecting a broader sense of social and moral disorder.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, violence and injustice were prevalent issues that disrupted societal harmony and violated the covenantal relationship between God and His people. The Hebrew Scriptures frequently address these themes, emphasizing God's desire for justice, righteousness, and peace. The prophets often condemned acts of "chamas" as they called Israel to repentance and adherence to God's laws.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to treat violently or wrong<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>do violence (1), done violence (2), drop off (1), exposed (1), injures (1), violently treated (1), wrong (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">חָמַס</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>treat violently, wrong</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, <em>act violently, treat violently</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">חֲמַס</font> (rare) <em>violently seize</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb032901.gif"> is <em>be hard, strict, rigorous</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural <font class="hebrew2">חָֽמְסוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a>; <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יַחְמֹס</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/15-33.htm">Job 15:33</a>, <font class="hebrew2">וַיַּחְמֹס</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2-6.htm">Lamentations 2:6</a>; <font class="hebrew2">תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-27.htm">Job 21:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֹמֵס</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-36.htm">Proverbs 8:36</a>; — <em>treat violently, wrong</em>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>of physical wrong</b></font>: <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">תַּחְ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">תֹּנוּ</font>) of wrong to widows and orphans; <font class="hebrew2">כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֺ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">וַיַּח</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2-6.htm">Lamentations 2:6</a> <em>and hath done violence to his pavilion as to a garden</em> ("" <font class="hebrew2">שִׁחֵת מֹעֲדוֺ</font>); so, figurative, of vine, <em>wrong</em>, i.e. fail to nourish, kill <font class="hebrew2">כַּגֶּפֶן</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">יַח</font> <font class="hebrew2">בִּסְרוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/15-33.htm">Job 15:33</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>of ethical wrong</b></font>, object <font class="hebrew2">תּוֺרָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/22-26.htm">Exodus 22:26</a> (both "" <font class="hebrew2">חִלֵּל קֹדֶשׁ</font>); compare <font class="hebrew2">מְזִמּוֺת עָלֵי</font> <font class="hebrew2">תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-27.htm">Job 21:27</a> <em>the devices</em> (wherewith) <em>ye do me violence.</em> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>both physical and ethical</b></font> <font class="hebrew2">חֹטְאִי</font> <font class="hebrew2">חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-36.htm">Proverbs 8:36</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural <font class="hebrew2">נֶחְמְסוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22</a> thy heels <em>suffer violence</em> ("" <font class="hebrew2">נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong<p>A primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat -- make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס ויחמס חָמְס֖וּ חָמְס֣וּ חֹמֵ֣ס חמס חמסו יַחְמֹ֣ס יחמס נֶחְמְס֥וּ נחמסו תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ תחמסו תחמסו׃ chameSu choMes ḥā·mə·sū ḥāməsū ḥō·mês ḥōmês nechmeSu neḥ·mə·sū neḥməsū tachMosu taḥ·mō·sū taḥmōsū vaiyachMos way·yaḥ·mōs wayyaḥmōs yachMos yaḥ·mōs yaḥmōs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/15-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 15:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> יַחְמֹ֣ס </b> כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְר֑וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He will drop off</span> his unripe grape<br><a href="/kjvs/job/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He shall shake off</span> his unripe grape<br><a href="/interlinear/job/15-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">will drop</span> the vine grape<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י <b> תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And the plans <span class="itali">by which you would wrong</span> me.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the devices <span class="itali">[which] ye wrongfully imagine</span> against me.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the plans and <span class="itali">wrong</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/8-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 8:36</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי <b> חֹמֵ֣ס </b> נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But he who sins <span class="itali">against me injures</span> himself;<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But he that sinneth <span class="itali">against me wrongeth</span> his own soul:<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> sins <span class="itali">injures</span> himself All<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/13-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 13:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִגְל֥וּ שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ <b> נֶחְמְס֥וּ </b> עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And your heels <span class="itali">have been exposed.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> discovered, [and] thy heels <span class="itali">made bare.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/13-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have been removed your skirts <span class="itali">have been exposed</span> and your heels<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/22-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 22:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תֹּנוּ֙ אַל־ <b> תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ </b> וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Also do not mistreat <span class="itali">[or] do violence</span> to the stranger,<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and do no wrong, <span class="itali">do no violence</span> to the stranger,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mistreat nay <span class="itali">do</span> blood innocent<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 2:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס </b> כַּגַּן֙ שֻׂכּ֔וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">And He has violently treated</span> His tabernacle<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And he hath violently taken away</span> his tabernacle,<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">has violently</span> A garden his tabernacle<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/22-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 22:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ <b> חָמְס֣וּ </b> תוֹרָתִי֮ וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Her priests <span class="itali">have done violence</span> to My law<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Her priests <span class="itali">have violated</span> my law,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her priests <span class="itali">have done</span> to my law profaned<p><b><a href="/text/zephaniah/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zephaniah 3:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חִלְּלוּ־ קֹ֔דֶשׁ <b> חָמְס֖וּ </b> תּוֹרָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zephaniah/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the sanctuary. <span class="itali">They have done violence</span> to the law.<br><a href="/kjvs/zephaniah/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the sanctuary, <span class="itali">they have done violence</span> to the law.<br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have profaned the sanctuary <span class="itali">have done</span> to the law<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2554.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2554.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2554<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chamesu_2554.htm">ḥā·mə·sū — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chomes_2554.htm">ḥō·mês — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nechmesu_2554.htm">neḥ·mə·sū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tachmosu_2554.htm">taḥ·mō·sū — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyachmos_2554.htm">way·yaḥ·mōs — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yachmos_2554.htm">yaḥ·mōs — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins 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