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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χαμαί G5476
Pronunciation chamaí
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 It on [the] ground 1× John 9:6
to [the] ground 1× John 18:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 9:6
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
John 2
Source forms
χαμαί 1x chamai John 18:6
χαμαὶ 1x chamai John 9:6
Parsing patterns
Adverb 2x John 9:6, John 18:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. on the ground
Strong's G5476
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
on the ground
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 9:6 Adverb
χαμαί, camai
on or to the ground
Read verse John 18:6 Adverb
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
John 9:6 · John 18:6 2×
Word Origins
χαμαί is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain