Chamaí — G5476

Definition

adverb

earthward, i.e. prostrate

1. on the ground, on the earth
2. to the ground

Usually translated as

the ground, on

Origin

adverb perhaps from the base of G5490 through the idea of a fissure in the soil

• chásma (G5490)

Occurrences

Chamaí occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: John (2)

• John 9:6 — When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground (χαμαὶ), and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
• John 18:6 — As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground (χαμαὶ).