Strong G3730ὁρμή
impulse
- Transliteration
- hormē
- Pronunciation
- hor-may'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a violent impulse that is onset: - assault.
Detailed definition
ὁρμή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Pro.3:25 (שׁוֹא), etc.;]
1. a violent movement, impulse: Jas.3:4;
2. a hostile movement, onset, assault. Act.14:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.3:25 (שׁוֹא), etc.;]
1. a violent movement, impulse: Jas.3:4;
2. a hostile movement, onset, assault. Act.14:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3730 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- assault1
First verses
- Acts 14:5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
- James 3:4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁρμ-ή, ἡ,
rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.355)]; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; ἡ ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.10)]; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τ᾽ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.123, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.403.)]
2 more frequently of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.157)]; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.320; ἔγχεος ὁ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365)]; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spear's cast, within reach of my spear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.118)]; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20)]; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry))]: plural, of the tides, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 3.)]
II impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθ᾽ ὁρμή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.466; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.416; φιλότητος.. ἄμβροτος ὁ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 35.13; πίστιος ὁ. [prev. author] 114.3; ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τις γίνεται ὁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; μαινομένᾳ σὺν ὁρμᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 135 (Lyric poetry), compare “Tr.” 720)]; τίς προσήγαγε χρεί; τίς ὁ.; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 237)]; οὕτω καθ᾽ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 566; εἰ.. ἄγοι αὐτὸν ὁ. θειοτέρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279a: joined with ἐπιθυμία, [prev. author] “Phlb.” 35d, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.9; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; ὑπὸ μιᾷ τῇ ὁ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 2)]: with genitive objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.43, etc.)]: so with a preposition, ἡ ὁρμή, ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 135d, compare 130b; ἔχειν ὁρμὴν πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1185a31, +others)]; ὁ. ἐπέπεσέ τισι, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]; ὁ. παραστῆσαί τισι εἴς τι or with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 33)]; ὁ. σχεῖν, with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Publ.” 19.)]
II.2 in Stoic philosophy, appetition, including reasoned choice and irrational impulse, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.40, +others)]
II.3 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for 2, Anatolius cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 8.)]
III setting oneself in motion, start on a march, etc., ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.3, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393a3)]; ἐπὶ παντὸς ὁρμῇ.. πράγματος at the start of every undertaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 27c)]; ἡ ὁ. [τούτων τῶν ἀνέμων] the point at which these winds start, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 364b5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511b (_plural_))]. (Cf. Sanskrit s´rati 'flow'.)
rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.355)]; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; ἡ ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.10)]; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τ᾽ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.123, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.403.)]
2 more frequently of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.157)]; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.320; ἔγχεος ὁ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365)]; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spear's cast, within reach of my spear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.118)]; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20)]; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry))]: plural, of the tides, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 3.)]
II impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθ᾽ ὁρμή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.466; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.416; φιλότητος.. ἄμβροτος ὁ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 35.13; πίστιος ὁ. [prev. author] 114.3; ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τις γίνεται ὁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; μαινομένᾳ σὺν ὁρμᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 135 (Lyric poetry), compare “Tr.” 720)]; τίς προσήγαγε χρεί; τίς ὁ.; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 237)]; οὕτω καθ᾽ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 566; εἰ.. ἄγοι αὐτὸν ὁ. θειοτέρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279a: joined with ἐπιθυμία, [prev. author] “Phlb.” 35d, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.9; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; ὑπὸ μιᾷ τῇ ὁ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 2)]: with genitive objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.43, etc.)]: so with a preposition, ἡ ὁρμή, ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 135d, compare 130b; ἔχειν ὁρμὴν πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1185a31, +others)]; ὁ. ἐπέπεσέ τισι, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]; ὁ. παραστῆσαί τισι εἴς τι or with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 33)]; ὁ. σχεῖν, with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Publ.” 19.)]
II.2 in Stoic philosophy, appetition, including reasoned choice and irrational impulse, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.40, +others)]
II.3 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for 2, Anatolius cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 8.)]
III setting oneself in motion, start on a march, etc., ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.3, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393a3)]; ἐπὶ παντὸς ὁρμῇ.. πράγματος at the start of every undertaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 27c)]; ἡ ὁ. [τούτων τῶν ἀνέμων] the point at which these winds start, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 364b5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511b (_plural_))]. (Cf. Sanskrit s´rati 'flow'.)