Lexical Definition
ἅμα háma (ham'-ah) together G:ADV
a primary particle
also, and, together, with(-al).
- properly, at the "same" time, but freely used as a preposition or adverb denoting close association
Abbott-Smith
ἅμα adv.,
at once (Lat. simul): Ac 24:26 27:40, Ro 3:12 (one and all = יַחַד, Ps 14:3*), Col 4:3, I Ti 5:13, Phm 22; seq. σύν, I Th 4:17 5:10; as prep. c. dat., together with: Mt 13:29 (v. MM, VGT, s.v.); also, c. adv., ἅ. πρωΐ (cl., ἅ. ἕω, etc.), early in the morning: Mt 20:1.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Psalms | 14:3* |
| Matthew | 13:29 · 20:1 |
| Acts | 24:26 · 27:40 |
| Romans | 3:12 |
| Colossians | 4:3 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:17 · 5:10 |
| 1 Timothy | 5:13 |
| Philemon | 1:22 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἅμα [ᾰμ],
Doric dialect ἁμᾶ, which see: (see. entry near the end):
__A adverb at once, at the same time, mostly of Time, frequently added to τε.. καί, ἅμ᾽ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλή[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.2 ἅ. μέν.. ἅ. δέ.., partly.. partly.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3 in Prose ἅ. δέ.. καί.., ἅ. τε.. καί.., ἅ... καί.. may often be translated by no sooner.. than.., ἅ. δὲ ταῦτα ἔλεγε καὶ ἀπεδείκνυε[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3.b ἅ. μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.3.c with participle and finite Verb in same sense, βρίζων ἅ... ἐξήμελξας εὐτραφὲς γάλα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἅ. εἰπὼν ἀνέστη as soon as he had done speaking, he stood up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀγγελίας ἅ. ῥηθείσης ἐπεβοήθουν as soon as news was brought they assisted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4 ἅ. μέν.. ἔτι δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II together, at once, both, without direct reference to time, ἅ. πάντες or πάντες ἅ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.III with σύν or μετά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV absolutely with Verb, at one and the same time, αἱ πᾶσαι [νῆες] ἅ. ἐγίγνοντο ἐν ἑνὶ θέρει σ καὶ ν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B preposition with dative (frequently with participle added), at the same time with, together with, ἅμ᾽ ἠοῖ φαινομένηφι at dawn, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. ἕῳ, ἅ. ἕῳ γιγνομένῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅμ᾽ ἠελίῳ ἀνιόντι or καταδύντι at sunrise or sunset, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect; ἅμ᾽ ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ or ἅ. ἦρι at beginning of spring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]during the time of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 generally, together with, ἅ. τινὶ στείχειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο keeping pace with the wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II rarely with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C conjunction, as soon as, ἅ. ἂν ἡβήσῃ τις τῶν ὀρφανῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Root sṃ-, cf. A α 11.)