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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?
Why, hills, like lambs?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “You rejoice and are glad,
you who plundered my chosen people.
You frisk about like a calf in a meadow
and neigh like a stallion.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.[fn] And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
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