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H2554 · חָמַס

châmaç

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to be violent; by implication, to maltreat

KJV gloss list in the source

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

Source pronunciation notation: khaw-mas'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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