Original Language Studio
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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָמָסchâmâç · khaw-mawce'
H2555 · Hebrew
H2555 · Hebrew
- Definition
- violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- Derivation
- from H2554 (חָמַס);
- KJV renderings
- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
- Grammar
- חֲמָסִ֤ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 60 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:11Genesis 6:13Genesis 16:5Genesis 49:5Exodus 23:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָמָס here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.