noun · neuter
harmem
Strong’sG716
a chariot
stem harm-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἅρμα, -τος, τό
(< ἀραρίσκω, to join), [in LXX רכב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G716 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
chariot, especially war-chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also, racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), Refs 5th c.BC+; travelling-chariot, NT
2 chariot and horses, yoked chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, Refs 5th c.BC+ of three goddesses, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρονRefs 5th c.BC+; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep chariot-horses for racing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅρματος τροφεύς Refs 5th c.BC+
4 metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης a ship, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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+; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, Refs 1st c.AD+
III Refs 4th c.BC+ name for unity, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | harmem | harmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | harmeu1×ἅρματος | harmeiu1×ἁρμάτων |
| to, for dative | harme1×ἅρματι | harmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
harme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
harmeu“chariot”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 8:28… tē hupostrefarōntos kai kathorōntos epi teu harmeu autou kai anagnōskate ton profēton Ēsaion.… his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
harme“chariot”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 8:29… to Filippo; Proserchasar kai kollisar te harme houte.… to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
harmeiu“chariots”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 9:9… fōnas taiu pterugaiu autaiu hōs fōnas harmeiu hippoiu polloiu trecharōntoiu eis polemon;… the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
harmem1×
Acts 8:38kai keleuata stēara tem harmem, kai katabainala amfoterois eis tem hudem …… he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch …