Sudden violence
ὅρμημαStrong’s G3731hormēma
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hormēma is the Greek word usually translated “violence”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”
Meaning
Usually translated “violence”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with violence 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὅρμημα hormēma · sudden violence
ὅρμημα, -τος, τό (ὁρμάω) [in LXX: Hos.5:10, Amo.1:11 (עֶבְרָה), etc. ;] a rush: Rev.18:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “violence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'OLENCE, noun
[Latin violentia.]
- Physical force; strength of action or motion; as the violence of a storm; the violence of a blow or of a conflict.
- Moral force; vehemence.
- Outrage; unjust force; crimes of all kinds.“The earth was filled with violence” Genesis 6:11
- Eagerness; vehemence.
All definitions and other forms of “violence”
- Injury; infringement.
- Injury; hurt.“Do violence to no man” Luke 3:14
- Ravishment; rape.
VI'OLENCE, verb transitive
To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.