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Lexicon :: Strong's G5525 - choros

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χορός
Transliteration
choros (Key)
Pronunciation
khor-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

χορός chorós, khor-os'; of uncertain derivation; a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir":—dancing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5525 in the following manner: dancing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5525 in the following manner: dancing (1x).

  1. a band (of dancers and singers), circular dance, a dance, dancing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χορός chorós, khor-os'; of uncertain derivation; a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir":—dancing.
STRONGS G5525:
χορός, χορου, ὁ (by metathesis from ὄρχος, ὀρχέομαι ((?); probably related to χόρτος (Latinhortus), χρόνος, etc., denoting primarily 'an enclosure for dancing'; cf. Curtius, § 189)), from Homer down, a band (of dancers and singers), a circular dance, a dance, dancing: Luke 15:25 (for מְחולָה, Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34, etc.; for מָחול, Lamentations 5:15; Psalm 150:4).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
15:20
Judges
11:34
Psalms
150:4
Lamentations
5:15
Luke
15:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5525 matches the Greek χορός (choros),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 -

And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with [fn]dancing.

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Now it happened, as soon as [fn]Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [fn]at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them and celebrated a [fn]festival; and they came into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

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Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to [fn]take part in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards, and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward you will come to [fn]the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - And they came to [fn]the hill there, and behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God [fn]came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying,

‘Saul has struck his thousands,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And so it happened, that when those who were carrying the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, and the people [fn]were playing on flutes and were glad with great gladness, so that the earth [fn]shook at their sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 -

Let them praise His name with dancing;

With tambourine and lyre let them sing praises to Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4 -

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;

Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

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“[fn],[fn]Come back, come back, O Shulammite;

Come back, come back, that we may behold you!”

“[fn]Why should you behold the Shulammite,

As at the dance of [fn]the two companies?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy of our hearts has ceased;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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