Strong G716ἅρμα
chariot
- Transliteration
- harma
- Pronunciation
- har'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
ἅρμα, -τος, τό
(ἀραρίσκω, to join), [in LXX רָכַב;]
a chariot: Act.8:28-29, 38, Rev.9:9.†
(AS)
(ἀραρίσκω, to join), [in LXX רָכַב;]
a chariot: Act.8:28-29, 38, Rev.9:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G716 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chariot4
First verses
- Acts 8:28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
- Acts 8:29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
- Acts 8:38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
- Revelation 9:9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἅρμα, ατος, τό,
chariot, especially war-chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.231, etc.; frequently in _plural_ for _sing._, ἑσταότ᾽ ἐν θ᾽ ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι 4.366, etc.; τὰ Λυδῶν ἄρματα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.19; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασι ζευγνύναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 190, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 111; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα ἄγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 465; πῶλον.. ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν [prev. author] “Ch.” 795 (Lyric poetry))]; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also, racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 106.5; ἅ. τέλειον “IG” 2.967.45; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 662, compare “Ph.” 1190)]; travelling-chariot, [NT (NT.Acts.8.28.)]
2 chariot and horses, yoked chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.384, etc.; ἅ. τέθριππον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.14)]; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 10.65, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 483: _metaphorically_, τρίπωλον ἅ. δαιμόνων)] of three goddesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 277 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 881 (Lyric poetry); ἅρματα.. φυσῶντα καὶ πνέοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 902)]; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep chariot-horses for racing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.5)]; ἅρματος τροφεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834b.)]
4 metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης a ship, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 4.230, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.190.)]
II a mountain district in Attica, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence proverbial, ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη, i.e. seldom or never, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.2.11)]; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.679c.)]
III [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for unity, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 6.)]
chariot, especially war-chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.231, etc.; frequently in _plural_ for _sing._, ἑσταότ᾽ ἐν θ᾽ ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι 4.366, etc.; τὰ Λυδῶν ἄρματα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.19; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασι ζευγνύναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 190, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 111; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα ἄγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 465; πῶλον.. ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν [prev. author] “Ch.” 795 (Lyric poetry))]; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also, racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 106.5; ἅ. τέλειον “IG” 2.967.45; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 662, compare “Ph.” 1190)]; travelling-chariot, [NT (NT.Acts.8.28.)]
2 chariot and horses, yoked chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.384, etc.; ἅ. τέθριππον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.14)]; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 10.65, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 483: _metaphorically_, τρίπωλον ἅ. δαιμόνων)] of three goddesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 277 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 881 (Lyric poetry); ἅρματα.. φυσῶντα καὶ πνέοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 902)]; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep chariot-horses for racing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.5)]; ἅρματος τροφεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834b.)]
4 metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης a ship, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 4.230, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.190.)]
II a mountain district in Attica, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence proverbial, ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη, i.e. seldom or never, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.2.11)]; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.679c.)]
III [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for unity, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 6.)]