verb
hormamō
Strong’sG3729
I rush
stem horm-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 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.
ὁρμάω, -ῶ
(< ὁρμή), [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3729 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhor-mah'-o
to start, spur or urge on, i.e. (reflexively) to dash or plunge
Fromfrom G3730;
King Jamesrun (violently), rush.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ήσωRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist ὥρμησα Refs 8th c.BC+; Laconian dialect imperative ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, ={ὅρμησον}, Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ὥρμηκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle and passive, Refs 5th c.BC+: Epic dialect imperfect ὡρμᾶτο Refs 8th c.BC+: future ὁρμήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ὡρμησάμην Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐφ-), never in Prose, except ἐξ- Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect ὥρμημαι Refs 5th c.BC+perfect and pluperfect ὁρμέαται and -έατο (with variants ὡρμ-) Refs 8th c.BC+ codices usually have the augment, but Refs 8th c.BC+: (ὁρμή):
A active,
I causal, set in motion, urge on, cheer on, τινὰ εἰς πόλεμον Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ. τινὰ ἐκ χερός tear from one's arms, Refs —passive, ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἄρχετο inspired by the god he began, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵπποι.. ὁρμηθέντες ὑπὸ πληγῇσιν ἱμάσθλης urged on by.., Refs 8th c.BC+
I.2 with a thing as the object, stir up, πόλεμον Refs: with accusative et infinitive, τὰς διόδους τῶν πτερῶν.. ὥρμησε πτεροφυεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ὡρμάθη πλαγά was sped, Refs 5th c.BC+
II more frequently intransitive, start,
II.1 with infinitive, ἴρηξ ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο starts in chase of.., Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων.. ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he started to rush for the gates,Refs; ἐξελαύνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὸν στρατόν began to lead out.., Refs 5th c.BC+eager to.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with genitive, rush headlong at one, Τρώων Refs 8th c.BC+; also ὁ. ἐς μάχην hasten to battle, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥρμασε (Doric dialect) ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια τῶν Σκυθᾶν Refs 2nd c.BC+: without any sense of hostility, rush, τᾶσδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρας πηδήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω Refs 5th c.BC+; set out, ἀπὸ [τῆς Οἰνόης] Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τραγῳδίαν ὥρμηκε has turned to tragedy, Refs 2nd c.AD+; δηλώσεις.. τὴν φύσιν ἐπὶ τί μάλισθ᾽ ὥρμηκε, i. e. what your natural bent is,Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 absolutely, start, begin, ὥσπερ ὡρμήσαμεν, ἴωμεν Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships that were hottest in pursuit, Refs 5th c.BC+
B middle and passive, like the intransitive active, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.1 with infinitive, μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται that they put not themselves in motion, set not themselves to flee, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὡρμήθη κόρυθα κρατὸς ἀφαρπάξαι he rushed to snatch.., Refs 8th c.BC+; ἦτορ ὡρμᾶτο πτολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι was eager to.., Refs; μᾶλλον ὅρμητο στρατεύεσθαι was eager to march, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅδε ὁ λόγος ὅρμηται λέγεσθαι this account has begun to be given, Refs 5th c.BC+; but λόγον, τὸν ὅρμητο λέγειν which he purposed to make, Refs
B.2 the object for or after which one goes is sometimes in genitive, Refs 8th c.BC+: a case with a preposition, ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; μετά τινα after one, Refs 8th c.BC+; οἱ περὶ λόγον ἢ παιδείαν ὁρμώμενοι persons keen about.., Refs 5th c.BC+
B.2.b the starting-point is expressed by ἐκ, ὡρμᾶτ᾽ ἐκ θαλάμοιο Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; or ἀπό, Refs 5th c.BC+; or by a form in -θεν, σέθεν.. ὕμνος ὁρμᾶται θέμεν αἶνον Refs 5th c.BC+ start from, begin from, especially of the place where one carries on any regular operations, ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι living there and going out from thence to do their daily work, Refs 5th c.BC+; of fishers, ἐκ πλοίων ὁρμώμενοι Refs; of a general, making that place his head-quarters or base of operations, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπ᾽ ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος setting out, beginning with smaller means, Refs; of rivers, ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ὁ. rising.., Refs 5th c.BC+
B.3 absolutely, rush, dart, attack, Refs 8th c.BC+; also with ἔγχεϊ, ξιφέεσσι, etc., added, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.3.b generally, hasten, be eager, ὁρμώμενον δὲ μηδαμῶς μ᾽ ἀντισπάσῃς Refs 4th c.BC+comes forth, Refs; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητα ὁρμᾶται insolence goes fearless forth, Refs 5th c.BC+
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.
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Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hormataὥρμησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | rushed | 3× |
| hormalaὥρμησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | rushed | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 5 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hormamō | hormame | hormami | hormama | hormamē | hormamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hormasō | hormase | hormasi | hormasa | hormasē | hormaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hormatō | hormate | hormati | hormata3×ὥρμησεν | hormatē | hormatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hormanō | hormane | hormani | hormana | hormanē | hormanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hormavō | hormave | hormavi | hormava | hormavē | hormavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hormalō | hormale | hormali | hormala2×ὥρμησαν | hormalē | hormalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hormameiō | hormameia | hormameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hormaseiō | hormaseia | hormaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hormateiō | hormateia | hormateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hormaneiō | hormaneia | hormaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hormaveiō | hormaveia | hormaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hormaleiō | hormaleia | hormaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hormasōr | hormasar | hormasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hormatōr | hormatar | hormatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hormavōr | hormavar | hormavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hormalōr | hormalar | hormalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hormamoiō | hormamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hormasoiō | hormasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hormatoiō | hormatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hormanoiō | hormanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hormavoiō | hormavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hormaloiō | hormaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hormarō | hormari | hormara | hormarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hormarōntos | hormarintos | hormarantos | hormarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
horm 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
hormata“rushed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Matthew 8:32… aperchala eis toin choiroin; kai idou hormata pantas tas agelas kata tou krēmnou …… the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the …
Mark 5:13… akatharteim eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis …… the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the …
Luke 8:33… anthrōpou eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis …… into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the …
hormala“rushed”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Acts 7:57… mega sunechala teim oueim autoiu, kai hormala homothumadōs epi auton,… out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
Acts 19:29kai pimplēita tas polas tau sunchusiau, hormala tē homothumadōs eis tem theatrem sunarpazarantois …… whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with …