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Lexicon :: Strong's H4246 - mᵊḥōlâ

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מְחֹלָה
Transliteration
mᵊḥōlâ
Pronunciation
mek-o-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 623h

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מחלה (Strongs and Gesenius) מחולה (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

  1. dancing, dance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).
STRONGS H4246: Abbreviations
† [מְחוֺלָה] noun feminine id.; — construct מְחֹלַת Cant 7:1; plural מְחֹלֹת Exodus 32:19; מְחֹלוֺת Exodus 15:20 + 5 times; dancing, token of joyousness after victory, Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5; in worship, at feast Judges 21:21; act of praise to י׳ Exodus 15:20 (song); in idolatrous worship Exodus 32:19 (E); as graceful and beautiful Songs 7:1; accompare by timbrel Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34, and by singing Exodus 15:20; 1 Samuel 18:6 (where however read probably Po`lel Participle הַמְּחֹלְלוֺת, compare verb חוּל above; so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr), 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 32:19; 32:19

Judges

11:34; 11:34; 21:21

1 Samuel

18:6; 18:16; 21:12; 21:12; 29:5; 29:5

Song of Songs

7:1; 7:1

H4246

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4246 matches the Hebrew מְחֹלָה (mᵊḥōlâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - “and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying:

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying:

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - The Beloved and His Friends
Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!

The Shulamite
What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of the two camps?[fn]
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