Biblical Hebrew H2555 noun masculine 60 occurrences

חָמָס

Transliteration: hamas (ḥāmās)

Pronunciation: /khaw-MAWS/

“violence, cruelty, lawlessness, wrong”

Violent wrongdoing, malicious injustice, brutal lawlessness; triggered global destruction of Flood (Genesis 6:11).

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From חָמַס (H2554) to do violence.

violenceviolentcruelty

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: חָמָס (violence, cruelty, lawlessness, wrong) -> ἀδικία (injustice, unrighteousness, iniquity)

LXX conceptual translation: חָמָס (violence, cruelty, lawlessness, wrong) -> G0091

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G0093 ἀδικία (adikia — “injustice, unrighteousness, iniquity”)

Foundational passages where חָמָס (hamas) carries significant theological or narrative weight.