10 occurrences in 13 translations

'Violent' in the Bible

Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --

sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּזל 
Gezel 
Usage: 2

חמס 
Chamac 
Usage: 60

עריץ 
`ariyts 
Usage: 20

צנף 
Tsanaph 
Usage: 3

βιαστής 
Biastes 
Usage: 0

ὁρμάω 
Hormao 
Usage: 5

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