Words the Bible translates as violence
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥamasחָמָסviolence: a flagrant wrong done to another by force or injustice, especially when it sheds blood or crushes the helpless
- shodשֹׁדforcible devastation: the ruin of violent plundering, whether the destroying act or the havoc it leaves behind
- gezelahגְּזֵלָהviolencenot studied yet
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