WG: Violence / Wrong
Overview
The Hebrew violence / wrong cluster joins physical harm, oppression, social injustice, spoil, and moral wickedness. H2555 chamas is the central noun for violence/wrong, while related words mark the action, damage, moral category, or broader evil field.
Word Group Members
| Strong's |
Word |
Transliteration |
POS |
Occurrences |
Role in Concept |
Library Entry |
| H2555 |
חָמָס |
châmâç |
noun |
59 |
Central noun: violence, wrong, unjust gain |
H2555 |
| H2554 |
חָמַס |
châmaç |
verb |
8 |
Action: do violence, maltreat, wrong |
TODO(need H2554 study) |
| H7701 |
שֹׁד |
shôd |
noun |
24 |
Damage result: spoil, ravage, destruction |
TODO(need H7701 study) |
| H7562 |
רֶשַׁע |
reshaʻ |
noun |
29 |
Moral category: wickedness / wrong |
TODO(need H7562 study) |
| H5766 |
עֶוֶל |
ʻevel |
noun |
51 |
Legal-moral wrong: injustice / unrighteousness |
H5766-evel.md |
| H7451 |
רַע |
raʻ |
noun / adjective |
623 |
Broad field: evil, harmful, morally bad |
TODO(need H7451 study) |
Relationships
Shared Roots
- חמס root: chamas verb (H2554) and chamas noun (H2555) share the violence / maltreatment root.
- No shared root for shod, resha, evel, or ra: these join the group by semantic overlap and co-occurrence, not etymology.
Co-occurrence (appear in same verses)
| Word A |
Word B |
Shared Verses |
Typical Context |
| chamas noun (H2555) |
shod (H7701) |
7 |
Violence paired with spoil, wasting, robbery, or destruction |
| chamas noun (H2555) |
ra (H7451) |
5 |
Violent persons / social evil contexts |
| resha (H7562) |
evel (H5766) |
3 |
Wickedness and injustice in moral/legal statements |
| resha (H7562) |
ra (H7451) |
3 |
Broad wickedness / evil overlap |
| chamas noun (H2555) |
resha (H7562) |
2 |
Violence connected with wickedness imagery |
| shod (H7701) |
ra (H7451) |
2 |
Destruction / evil action contexts |
| chamas noun (H2555) |
evel (H5766) |
1 |
Violence and wrong joined in justice language |
LXX Overlaps
| Hebrew Words |
Shared Greek |
Notes |
| evel + chamas + resha |
ἀδικία (G93) |
Greek adikia bridges injustice, violence, and wickedness vocabulary |
| evel + resha + chamas |
ἀνομία (G458) |
Lawlessness / iniquity overlaps these Hebrew wrong terms |
| shod + chamas |
ταλαιπωρία (G5004) |
Calamity / misery links spoil-destruction and violence |
| evel + chamas |
ἄδικος (G94) |
Unjust / unrighteous bridge for wrong and violence |
Roles in the Concept
- Central noun: châmâç (H2555) — violence, wrong, unjust gain.
- Verbal action: châmaç (H2554) — act violently, maltreat, wrong.
- Ravage / spoil: shôd (H7701) — destructive result or plunder-like harm.
- Wickedness: reshaʻ (H7562) — moral wrong as a category.
- Injustice: ʻevel (H5766) — legal or ethical wrong.
- Broad evil: raʻ (H7451) — the larger semantic umbrella of evil / harmfulness.
Key Passages Where Multiple Group Words Appear Together
- Jer 6:7 — chamas + shod + ra: "wickedness... violence and spoil is heard in her"
- Isa 60:18 — chamas + shod: "Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders"
- Pro 4:17 — chamas + resha: "bread of wickedness... wine of violence"
- Hab 2:8 — chamas with spoil/blood context: "because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land"
Generated from: gather_word_group_data.py, gather_word_data.py, search_relationships.py
Last updated: 2026-05-07