Strong's Greek Concordance

G5476: χαμαί

chamaí · “on the ground”

Definition

earthward, i.e. prostrate

KJV translates it as: on (to) the ground

Word origin: adverb perhaps from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of a fissure in the soil;

Extended definition

χαμαί
adv.,
on or to the ground: Jhn.9:6 18:6.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G5476 is translated

  • on the ground ×1
  • to the ground. ×1

Bible verses with G5476 (chamaí)

Chamaí appears in 2 verses.

  • John 9:6

    When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

  • John 18:6

    As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.