STRONGS NUMBER G5476


Word Summary
chamai: on or to the ground
Original Word: χαμαί
Transliteration: chamai
Phonetic Spelling: (kham-ah'-ee)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: on or to the ground
Meaning: on or to the ground
Strong's Concordance
on the ground.

Adverb perhaps from the base of chasma through the idea of a fissure in the soil; earthward, i.e. Prostrate -- on (to) the ground.

see GREEK chasma

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5476: χαμαί

χαμαί, adverb;

a. on the ground, on the earth.

b. to the ground; in both senses from Homer down; in the latter sense John 9:6 (where, however, English idiom retains on); .