Definition

earthward, i.e. prostrate

Etymology

adverb perhaps from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of a fissure in the soil;

Word family

• χάσμα chásma

How the KJV renders it

• on (to) the ground

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.