חָמַס

Strong’s Definition

to be violent; by implication, to maltreat

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly
• 2.(qal) to treat violently, do wrong
• 3.(niphal) to be treated violently

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châmaç; Pronunciation: khaw-mas'