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Lexicon :: Strong's G5525 - choros

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χορός
Transliteration
choros (Key)
Pronunciation
khor-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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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).
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim,[fn] where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came to Gibeah,[fn] behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances,
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 - Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4 - Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - Others
[fn] Return, return, O Shulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.

He
Why should you look upon the Shulammite,
as upon a dance before two armies?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
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