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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3738 matches the Greek ὀρχέομαι (orcheomai),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David replied to Michal, "It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD's people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - As the ark of the LORD's covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.
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