Lexical Definition

‎ἅρμα‎ hárma (har'-mah) chariot ^G:N-N
probably from ‎αἴρω‎ (perhaps with ‎Α‎ (as a particle of union) prefixed)

chariot.

• a chariot (as raised or fitted together (compare ‎ἁρμός‎))

Abbott-Smith

ἅρμα, -τος, τό (< ἀραρίσκω, to join), [in LXX רכב ;]
a chariot: Ac 8:28, 29, 38, Re 9:9.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἅρμα, ατος, τό,

chariot, especially war-chariot, [ἅρμασι 4.366, etc.; τὰ Λυδῶν ἄρματα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.19; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασι ζευγνύναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 190, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 111; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα ἄγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 465; πῶλον.. ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν [prev. author] “Ch.” 795 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also, racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; travelling-chariot, [NT]

__2 chariot and horses, yoked chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of three goddesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρον[ἅρματα.. φυσῶντα καὶ πνέοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 902">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep chariot-horses for racing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅρματος τροφεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης a ship, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II a mountain district in Attica, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence proverbial, ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη, i.e. seldom or never, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for unity, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.8.28}