What does χαμαί (chamaí) mean in the Bible?
χαμαί (chamaí) is a Greek word meaning "on the ground".
Greek · G5476
χαμαί
On the ground
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χαμαίG5476
Pronunciationchamaí
What does χαμαί (chamaí) mean in the Bible?
χαμαί (chamaí) is a Greek word meaning "on the ground".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5476?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include on [the] ground (1), to [the] ground (1).
Where does χαμαί (chamaí) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 9:6. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Iton [the] ground1×John 9:6
to [the] ground1×John 18:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 9:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
John2
Source forms
χαμαί1xchamaiJohn 18:6
χαμαὶ1xchamaiJohn 9:6
Parsing patterns
Adverb2xJohn 9:6, John 18:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. on the ground
Strong'sG5476
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
on the ground
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 9:6Adverb
χαμαί,camai
on or to the ground
Read verseJohn 18:6Adverb
χαμαί.camai
on or to the ground
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
John 9:6 · John 18:62×
Word Origins
χαμαί is built from this root: