ὁρμάω
hormaō
“to stampede”
Definition
to start, spur or urge on, i.e. (reflexively) to dash or plunge
from G3730 (ὁρμή);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ὁρμάω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
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