Help QuickNav Adv. Options
CSB

CSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G5525 - choros

Choose a new font size and typeface
χορός
Transliteration
choros (Key)
Pronunciation
khor-os'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

χορός chorós, khor-os'; of uncertain derivation; a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir":—dancing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5525 in the following manner: dancing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5525 in the following manner: dancing (1x).

  1. a band (of dancers and singers), circular dance, a dance, dancing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χορός chorós, khor-os'; of uncertain derivation; a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir":—dancing.
STRONGS G5525:
χορός, χορου, ὁ (by metathesis from ὄρχος, ὀρχέομαι ((?); probably related to χόρτος (Latinhortus), χρόνος, etc., denoting primarily 'an enclosure for dancing'; cf. Curtius, § 189)), from Homer down, a band (of dancers and singers), a circular dance, a dance, dancing: Luke 15:25 (for מְחולָה, Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34, etc.; for מָחול, Lamentations 5:15; Psalm 150:4).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
15:20
Judges
11:34
Psalms
150:4
Lamentations
5:15
Luke
15:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5525 matches the Greek χορός (choros),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 -

Then the prophetess Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women came out following her with tambourines and dancing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 -

As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 -

So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 -

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 -

“Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 -

“After that you will come to Gibeah of God where there are Philistine garrisons.[fn] When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 -

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully on him, and he prophesied along with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 -

“Isn’t this the David they sing about during their dances:

Saul has killed his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands? ”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 -

When those carrying the ark of the LORD advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 -

All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You turned my lament into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 -

Let them praise his name with dancing

and make music to him with tambourine and lyre.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4 -

Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with strings and flute.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 -

Come back, come back, Shulammite![fn]

Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

How you gaze at the Shulammite,

as you look at the dance of the two camps![fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

Joy has left our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
CSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
CSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.