Hormḗ — G3730

Definition

feminine noun

a violent impulse, i.e. onset

1. a hostile movement, onset, assault

Usually translated as

assault

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Occurrences

Hormḗ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), James (1)

• Acts 14:5 — And when there was an assault (ὁρμὴ) made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
• James 3:4 — Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor (ὁρμὴ) listeth.