Strong G3731ὅρμημα
sudden violence
- Transliteration
- hormēma
- Pronunciation
- hor'-may-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3730; an attack that is (abstractly) precipitancy: - violence.
Detailed definition
ὅρμημα, -τος, τό
(ὁρμάω) [in LXX: Hos.5:10, Amo.1:11 (עֶבְרָה), etc.;]
a rush: Rev.18:21.†
(AS)
(ὁρμάω) [in LXX: Hos.5:10, Amo.1:11 (עֶבְרָה), etc.;]
a rush: Rev.18:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3731 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- violence1
First verses
- Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅρμ-ημα, ατος, τό,
sudden rush, swoop, onset, ἀετοῦ [LXX (LXX.Deu.28.49)]; of attacking troops,[LXX (LXX.1Mac.4.8, +others)]; of the fall of a stone, [NT (NT.Rev.18.21)]: plural, rapid movement, ὁρμήμασι νηός, ={νηῒ ὁρμωμένη}, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.21.)]
2 ={ὁρμή}, impulse, incitement, motive, μηδ᾽.. ἡμῶν τι συνεργὸν μηδ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 98 G., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.452c)]; τὸ ὅ. μου my indignation, [LXX (LXX.Hos.5.10)]; θαλάσσης -ήματα, of the tides, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 4.)]
II the earliest exception is Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.356, 590, where Ἑλένης is taken by 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Scholia A)] as the objective genitive, the cares (as if from ὁρμαίνω) and groans [of the Greeks] about Helen, i. e. caused by her; by the χωρίζοντες [Refs (([prev. passage]) as the subjective _genitive_, the)]searchings of heart and groans of Helen; the former view is more probably, but ὁ. may be from ὁρμάομαι and mean the rushes, struggles of war.
sudden rush, swoop, onset, ἀετοῦ [LXX (LXX.Deu.28.49)]; of attacking troops,[LXX (LXX.1Mac.4.8, +others)]; of the fall of a stone, [NT (NT.Rev.18.21)]: plural, rapid movement, ὁρμήμασι νηός, ={νηῒ ὁρμωμένη}, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.21.)]
2 ={ὁρμή}, impulse, incitement, motive, μηδ᾽.. ἡμῶν τι συνεργὸν μηδ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 98 G., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.452c)]; τὸ ὅ. μου my indignation, [LXX (LXX.Hos.5.10)]; θαλάσσης -ήματα, of the tides, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 4.)]
II the earliest exception is Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.356, 590, where Ἑλένης is taken by 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Scholia A)] as the objective genitive, the cares (as if from ὁρμαίνω) and groans [of the Greeks] about Helen, i. e. caused by her; by the χωρίζοντες [Refs (([prev. passage]) as the subjective _genitive_, the)]searchings of heart and groans of Helen; the former view is more probably, but ὁ. may be from ὁρμάομαι and mean the rushes, struggles of war.