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Lexicon :: Strong's G3738 - orcheomai

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ὀρχέομαι
Transliteration
orcheomai (Key)
Pronunciation
or-kheh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from orchos (a row or ring)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὀρχέομαι orchéomai, or-kheh'-om-ahee; middle voice from ὄρχος órchos (a row or ring); to dance (from the ranklike or regular motion):—dance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3738 in the following manner: dance (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3738 in the following manner: dance (4x).

  1. to dance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀρχέομαι orchéomai, or-kheh'-om-ahee; middle voice from ὄρχος órchos (a row or ring); to dance (from the ranklike or regular motion):—dance.
STRONGS G3738:
ὀρχέομαι, ὀρχοῦμαι: 1 aorist ὠρχησαμην; (from χορός, by transposition ὄρχος; cf. ά῾ρπω, ἁρπάζω, and Latinrapio, μορφή and Latinforma; (but these supposed transpositions are extremely doubtful, cf. Curtius, § 189; Fick 4:207, 167. Some connect ὀρχέομαι with the root, argh, 'to put in rapid motion'; cf. Vanicek, p. 59)); to dance: Matthew 11:17; Matthew 14:6; Mark 6:22; Luke 7:32. (From Homer down; the Sept. for רָקַד, 1 Chronicles 15:29; Ecclus. 3:4; 2 Samuel 6:21.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
6:21
1 Chronicles
15:29
Matthew
11:17; 14:6
Mark
6:22
Luke
7:32

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Strong's Number G3738 matches the Greek ὀρχέομαι (orcheomai),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:17 - and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance G3738; we sang a dirge, and you did not [fn]mourn.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:6 -

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced G3738 [fn]before them and pleased Herod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced G3738, she pleased Herod and [fn]his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:32 - “They are like children, sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance G3738; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’
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