H2554. chamas
[חָמַס] verb treat violently, wrong (Late Hebrew id., act violently, treat violently; Aramaic חֲמַס (rare) violently seize; Arabic is be hard, strict, rigorous) —
Qal Perfect3plural חָֽמְסוּ [Ezek 22:26]; [Zeph 3:4]; Imperfect יַחְמֹס [Job 15:33], וַיַּחְמֹס [Lam 2:6]; תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ [Job 21:27]; [Jer 22:3]; Participle חֹמֵס [Prov 8:36]; — treat violently, wrong; —
1 of physical wrong: ׳תַּחְ [Jer 22:3] (|| תֹּנוּ) of wrong to widows and orphans; ׳וַיַּח שֻׂכּוֺ כַּגַּן [Lam 2:6] and hath done violence to his pavilion as to a garden (|| מֹעֲדוֺ שִׁחֵת); so, figurative, of vine, wrong, i.e. fail to nourish, kill בִּסְרוֺ ׳יַח כַּגֶּפֶן [Job 15:33].
2 of ethical wrong, object תּוֺרָה [Zeph 3:4]; [Exod 22:26] (both || קֹדֶשׁ חִלֵּל); compare תַּחְמֹ֑סוּ עָלֵי מְזִמּוֺת [Job 21:27] the devices (wherewith) ye do me violence.
3 both physical and ethical נַפְשׁוֺ חֹמֵס חֹטְאִי [Prov 8:36].
Niph`al Perfect3plural נֶחְמְסוּ [Jer 13:22] thy heels suffer violence (|| שׁוּלַיִךְ נִגְלוּ).