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Lexicon :: Strong's G4640 - skirtaō

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σκιρτάω
Transliteration
skirtaō (Key)
Pronunciation
skeer-tah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to skairo (to skip)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:401,1046

Strong’s Definitions

σκιρτάω skirtáō, skeer-tah'-o; akin to σκαίρω skaírō (to skip); to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus):—leap (for joy).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4640 in the following manner: leap (2x), leap for joy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4640 in the following manner: leap (2x), leap for joy (1x).
  1. to leap

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκιρτάω skirtáō, skeer-tah'-o; akin to σκαίρω skaírō (to skip); to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus):—leap (for joy).
STRONGS G4640:
σκιρτάω, σκίρτω: 1 aorist ἐσκίρτησα; to leap: Luke 1:41, 44; Luke 6:23. (Genesis 25:22; Psalm 113:4, 6 (Ps. 114:4,6); Greek writings from Homer down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:22
Psalms
113:4; 113:6; 114:4; 114:6
Luke
1:41; 1:44; 6:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4640 matches the Greek σκιρτάω (skirtaō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 -

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 -

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 -

Because you rejoice,

because you celebrate —

you who plundered my inheritance —

because you frolic like a young cow treading grain

and neigh like stallions,

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 -

“But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.[fn]

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