חָמַס (ḥāmas) is a Hebrew verb meaning treat violently. It appears 8 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2554).

Also rendered

• to injure

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 678)

Root family 678: חָמַס ḥāmas — wrong, do violence to, treat violently. Used seven times in the Qal, once in the Niphal. The Arabic cognate means to be hard, strict, severe

• חָמָס ḥāmās — violence
• תַּחְמָס taḥmās — male ostrich

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