Strong G5476χαμαί
on the ground
- Transliteration
- chamai
- Pronunciation
- kham-ah'ee
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb perhaps from the base of G5490 through the idea of a fissure in the soil;
earthward that is prostrate: - on (to) the ground.
earthward that is prostrate: - on (to) the ground.
Detailed definition
χαμαί
adv.,
on or to the ground: Jhn.9:6 18:6.†
(AS)
adv.,
on or to the ground: Jhn.9:6 18:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5476 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ground2
First verses
- John 9:6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
- John 18:6As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χᾰμ-αί,
adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. [prev. author] “Eu.” 261 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 869, “Eq.” 155, “Nu.” 231, +others; θέντες χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b; χ. κείμενος “IG” 22.1672.305)]; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618a10.)]
2 metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.7)]; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5, “Icar.” 6; ὁ χ. βίος 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 38.)]
II ={χαμᾶζε}, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.188, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν)]to the ground, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. NT.John.9.6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.89 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. Latin humus, humi, Lithuanian ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)
adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. [prev. author] “Eu.” 261 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 869, “Eq.” 155, “Nu.” 231, +others; θέντες χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b; χ. κείμενος “IG” 22.1672.305)]; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618a10.)]
2 metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.7)]; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5, “Icar.” 6; ὁ χ. βίος 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 38.)]
II ={χαμᾶζε}, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.188, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν)]to the ground, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. NT.John.9.6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.89 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. Latin humus, humi, Lithuanian ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)