Strong's Greek · G3729
G3729 hormáō
ὁρμάω
hor-mah'-o
to stampede
Looking for Hebrew H3729 kᵉphath? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3729. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
hormáō appears 5 times in Scripture, in Matthew, Mark, Luke and Acts. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to start, spur or urge on, i.e. (reflexively) to dash or plunge
In the King James Version
run (violently), rush
Derivation
from G3730 (ὁρμή);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
““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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
