Quick Definition
a rush, violent assault
Strong's Definition
a violent impulse, i.e. onset
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: assault
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὁρμή, ὁρμῆς, ἡ (from the root, sar, to go, flow; Fick i., p. 227; Curtius, § 502), from Homer down, a violent motion, impulse: Jas_3:4; a hostile movement, onset, assault, Act_14:5 (cf. Trench, § lxxxvii.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὁρμή hormē 2x
impetus, impulse; assault, violent attempt, Act_14:5 ;
met. impulse of mind, purpose, will, Jas_3:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὁρμή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Pro_3:25 ( H7722 ), etc.;]
1. a violent movement, impulse: Jas_3:4 ;
2. a hostile movement, onset, assault. Act_14:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὁρμή [page 458]
ὁρμή in its literal sense of onset, rush, is seen in such passages as Syll 318 (= .3 700) .24 (B.C. 117) ἔστεξεν ( repressed ) τὴν ἐπιφερομένην τῶν βαρβάρων ὁρμήν , P Oxy VI. 901 .6 (A.D. 336) ἡμέτεροι χῦροι δύο τὴν ὁρμὴν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ ἡμέτερον ἔδαφος , our two pigs making a rush into our piece of land : cf. Act_14:5 and see Field Notes , p. 122. The metaph. sense, impulse to act, as probably in Jas_3:4 , may be illustrated by the petition P Grenf II. 78 .15 (A.D. 307) ἀναγκαίως περὶ πο [λλοῦ ] τὴν ὁρμὴν ποιούμενος πρὸς τὸν σὸν μεγαλεῖ [ον , ἡγε ]μὼν δέσποτα , τάδε μαρτύρομαι : cf. M. Anton, iv. 40 πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει , with relation to the world; and see s.v. ὁρμάω . Thackeray ( Gr. i. p. 38) cites ὁρμή = δΕξΘδ , fury, in Eze_3:14 , Dan Θ 8:6, as an instance of the tendency on the part of the translators to use Greek words of similar sound to the Hebrew.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὁρμή ὁρμη, ἡ, "a violent movement onwards, an assault, attack, onset", Lat. impetus, Il. , Hdt. , Xen. of things, πυρὸς ὁρμή "the rage" of fire, Il. ; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by "the shock" of a wave, Od. ; ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within "reach" of my spear, Il. "the first stir or start in" a thing, "an effort or attempt" to reach a thing, "impulse" to do it, Hom. , Hdt. , attic:— μιᾷ ὁρμῇ with one "impulse", Lat. uno impetu, Xen. ; so, ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁρμῆς Thuc. :—c. gen. objecti, "eager desire of or for" a thing, id=Thuc. "a start" on a "march", ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on "the point of starting", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὁρμή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Pro.3:25 (שׁוֹא), etc. ;]
__1. a violent movement, impulse: Jas.3:4;
__2. a hostile movement, onset, assault. Act.14:5.†
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