Quick Definition
χαμαί Adv on or to the ground
Strong's Definition
earthward, i.e. prostrate
Derivation: adverb perhaps from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of a fissure in the soil;
KJV Usage: on (to) the ground
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χαμαί, adv. ; a. on the ground, on the earth. b. to the ground; in both senses fr. Hom. down; in the latter sense Jn. ix. 6 [where, however, Eng. idiom retains on]; xviii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χαμαί chamai 2x
on the ground, to the earth, Jn. 9:6; 18:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χαμαί adv., on or to the ground: Jo 9:6 18:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χαμαί in its two NT occurrences (Jn 95, 18°) means ““ἴο the ground,” cf. P Lips I. 4οἵ- 39 (iv/v a.p.) εἶδεν τὰς θύρας χαμαὶ ἐῤῥιμένας and 720. {ϊ- 2 ἄλλος ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν χαμαί. The same papyrus shows the other meaning ‘‘on the ground,’’+! ἡ tow(?) Kal ἡ ἔξω θύρα χαμαὶ κεῖνται, and ti 14 “Χαναναῖος, ‘Sa Canaanite”: employs in preference to Mk’s (77°) Ἑλληνίς, ‘fa Gentile’ (RV mg.). For the different forms which the name takes in the LXX, see Thackeray G7. i. pp. 164, 170f., and cf. Burkitt Syriac Forms, p. 5. an old Biblical name which Mt (15?)
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χαμαί (chamai) — on the ground. χᾰμ-αί, adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. ={χαμᾶζε}, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]to the ground, [NT+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin humus, humi, Lithuanian ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)