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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

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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 BoxExo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 - Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4 - praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - Friends: Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you! He: Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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