Word

ὁρμάω

hormáō · G3729 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to rush, to run

A fast movement from one place to another

Examples
Matthew 8:32 And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.
Mark 5:13 Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.
Luke 8:33 And the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀγέληherd 3
Not stated: they 2

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 5 groups

κατάaccording to, against, down+ κρημνόςsteep slope 3
εἰςto+ θάλασσαsea, lake 2
εἰςto+ θέατρονtheater 1
εἰςto+ λίμνηlake, lake of fire 1
ἐπίon+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ὁμοθυμαδόνwith one mind 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To rush, to run15.222: ὁρμάω describes the sudden, headlong rush of the demon-possessed swine down the hillside into the sea, as Jesus permits the demons to enter them: “the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.” (Matthew 8:32)

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὁρμή hormḗ · G3730 · will, impulse, desire · 2×ἀφορμή aphormḗ · G874 · favorable circumstances, opportunity, occasion · 7×ὁρμάωhormáō · G3729ὅρμημα hórmēma · G3731 · sudden violence, sudden force · 1×προσορμίζω prosormízō · G4358 · to moor, to anchor, to tie up · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ό῾ρμω: 1 aorist ὥρμησα; (from ὁρμή); 1. transitive, to set in rapid motion, stir up,…

ό῾ρμω: 1 aorist ὥρμησα; (from ὁρμή);
1. transitive, to set in rapid motion, stir up, incite, urge on; so from Homer down.
2. intransitive, to start forward impetuously, to rush (so from Homer down): εἰς τί, Mt 8:32; Mk 5:13; Lk 8:33; Acts 19:29; ἐπί τινα, Acts 7:57.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Movement with Speed5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0