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On the ground

χαμαίStrong’s G5476

chamai

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Chamai is the Greek word usually translated “on ground” and “ground”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“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 9:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “on ground” and “ground”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • on ground 1
  • to ground 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

χαμαί chamai · on the ground

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

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “ground” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GROUND, noun

  1. The surface of land or upper part of the earth, without reference to the materials which compose it.“There was not a man to till the ground” Genesis 2:5“The ground shall give its increase” Zechariah 8:12“The fire ran along on the ground” Exodus 9:23
  2. Region; territory; as Egyptian ground; British ground; heavenly ground
  3. Land; estate; possession.
  4. The surface of the earth, or a floor or pavement.“Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground” 1 Samuel 5:4
All definitions and other forms of “ground”
  1. Foundation; that which supports any thing.
  2. Fundamental cause; primary reason or original principle.
  3. First principles; as the grounds of religion.
  4. In painting, the surface on which a figure or object is represented; that surface or substance which retains the original color, and to which the other colors are applied to make the representation; as crimson on a white ground
  5. In manufactures, the principal color, to which others are considered as ornamental.
  6. Grounds, plural, the bottom of liquors; dregs; lees; feces; as coffee grounds; the grounds of strong beer.
  7. The plain song; the tune on which descants are raised.
  8. In etching, a gummous composition spread over the surface of the metal to be etched, to prevent the nitric acid from eating, except where the ground is opened with the point of a needle.
  9. Field or place of action.
  10. In music, the name given to a composition in which the base, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a continually varying melody.
  11. The foil to set a thing off.
  12. Formerly, the pit of a play house.
  13. To gain credit; to prevail; to become more general or extensive; as, the opinion gains ground
  14. To lose credit; to decline; to become less in force or extent.

GROUND, verb transitive

To lay or set on the ground

  1. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, cause, reason or principle; as arguments grounded on reason; faith grounded on scriptural evidence.
  2. To settle in first principles; to fix firmly.“Being rooted and grounded in love” Ephesians 3:17

GROUND, verb intransitive

To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded in two fathoms of water.

    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.