Word Summary
hormē: a rapid motion forwards, onrush, assault
Original Word: ὁρμήTransliteration: hormē
Phonetic Spelling: (hor-may')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a rapid motion forwards, onrush, assault
Meaning: a rapid motion forwards, onrush, assault
Strong's Concordance
assault.
Of uncertain affinity; a violent impulse, i.e. Onset -- assault.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3730: ὁρμήὁρμή,
ὁρμῆς,
ἡ (from the root, sar, to go, flow;
Fick i., p. 227;
Curtius, § 502), from
Homer down,
a violent motion, impulse:
James 3:4;
a hostile movement, onset, assault, Acts 14:5 (cf.
Trench, § lxxxvii.).