Strong’s G3729 · Greek

ὁρμάω
hormáō

Definition

to start, spur or urge on, i.e. (reflexively) to dash or plunge

Etymology

from G3730 (ὁρμή);

Where the KJV renders it

  • run (violently)
  • rush

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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