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Lexicon :: Strong's H4246 - mᵊḥōlâ

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מְחֹלָה
Transliteration
mᵊḥōlâ
Pronunciation
mek-o-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 623h

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מחלה (Strongs and Gesenius) מחולה (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

  1. dancing, dance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).
STRONGS H4246: Abbreviations
† [מְחוֺלָה] noun feminine id.; — construct מְחֹלַת Cant 7:1; plural מְחֹלֹת Exodus 32:19; מְחֹלוֺת Exodus 15:20 + 5 times; dancing, token of joyousness after victory, Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5; in worship, at feast Judges 21:21; act of praise to י׳ Exodus 15:20 (song); in idolatrous worship Exodus 32:19 (E); as graceful and beautiful Songs 7:1; accompare by timbrel Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34, and by singing Exodus 15:20; 1 Samuel 18:6 (where however read probably Po`lel Participle הַמְּחֹלְלוֺת, compare verb חוּל above; so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr), 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 32:19; 32:19

Judges

11:34; 11:34; 21:21

1 Samuel

18:6; 18:16; 21:12; 21:12; 29:5; 29:5

Song of Songs

7:1; 7:1

H4246

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4246 matches the Hebrew מְחֹלָה (mᵊḥōlâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with [fn]dancing. H4246

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - It came about, as soon as [fn]Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; H4246 and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [fn]at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. H4246 Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to [fn]take part in the dances, H4246 then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, H4246 to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with [fn]musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, H4246 saying,
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, H4246 saying,
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - “[fn][fn]Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”
“[fn]Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
As at the dance H4246 of [fn]the two companies?
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