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Strong's #5476 - χαμαί
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- on the ground, on the earth
- to the ground
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χᾰμ-αί,
Adv.
on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι Od. 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε Il. 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, cf. Sapph. 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα A. Ag. 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. Id. Eu. 261 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Ach. 869, Eq. 155, Nu. 231, al.; θέντες χ. Hdt. 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες Pl. Criti. 120b; χ. κείμενος IG 22.1672.305; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opp. ἐπὶ δένδρου, Arist. HA 618a10.
2. metaph., ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, Pi. N. 9.7; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, Luc. Herm. 5, Icar. 6; ὁ χ. βίος Metrod. Fr. 38.
II = χαμᾶζε, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν Il. 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, cf. Od. 22.188, Il. 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν to the ground, E. Med. 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς Pl. Euthphr. 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. John 9:6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. AP 11.89 (Lucill.). (Cf. Lat. humus, humi, Lith. þ[etilde]më 'earth'.)
χαμαί, adverb;
a. on the ground, on the earth.
b. to the ground; in both senses from Homer down; in the latter sense John 9:6 (where, however, English idiom retains on);
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χαμαί ,
adv.,
on or to the ground: John 9:6; John 18:6.†
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";bear false witness"; (Mat. 19:18 al.) : cf. the compd. ψευδογραφέω in P Tebt I. 7817 (B.C. 110–8) μηθὲν ἐψ [ε ]υδογραφηκέναι, ";I have made no false statement"; (Edd.).
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