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Lexicon :: Strong's H7540 - rāqaḏ

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רָקַד
Transliteration
rāqaḏ
Pronunciation
raw-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2214

Strong’s Definitions

רָקַד râqad, raw-kad'; a primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy):—dance, jump, leap, skip.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H7540 in the following manner: dance (4x), skip (3x), leap (1x), jump (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H7540 in the following manner: dance (4x), skip (3x), leap (1x), jump (1x).
  1. to skip about

    1. (Qal) to skip about

    2. (Piel) to dance, leap

    3. (Hiphil) to make to skip

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָקַד râqad, raw-kad'; a primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy):—dance, jump, leap, skip.
STRONGS H7540: Abbreviations
רָקַד verb skip about (Late Hebrew Pi. Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic רְקַד Pa., bdb095501 Pa.; Assyrian raḳâdu, skip, dance; Arabic bdb095502 IX. run with leaps and bounds, bdb095503 leaping up briskly); —
Qal skip about, Perfect 3rd person masculine plural רָֽקְדוּ Psalm 114:4 (of mountains, כְּאֵילִים); Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תִּרְקְדוּ Psalm 114:6 (id.; both of Sinai quaking at law-giving); Infinitive construct עֵת רְקוֺד Ecclesiastes 3:4 a time to mourn (סְפֹד), and a time to skip about (gaily).
Pi. dance, leap: Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְרַקְּדוּ Isaiah 13:21 (of שְׂעִירִים); יְרַקֵּר֑וּן Job 21:11 (of children; merrily), Joel 2:5(of locusts); Participle מְרַקֵּד 1 Chronicles 15:29 (of David; = מְכַרְכֵּר, מְפַזֵּז, in || 2 Samuel 6:14, 16); feminine singular מְרַקֵּדָה Nahum 3:2 (of jolting chariots); in 2 Samuel 6:21a insert אֲרַקֵּד I will dance, after לִפְנֵי י׳, Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Bu HPS (מְרַקֵּד).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיַּרְקִידֵם Psalm 29:6 he (י׳) made them skip like calves (trees, by lightning).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:14; 6:16; 6:21

1 Chronicles

15:29

Job

21:11

Psalms

29:6; 114:4; 114:6

Ecclesiastes

3:4

Isaiah

13:21

Joel

2:5

Nahum

3:2

H7540

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7540 matches the Hebrew רָקַד (rāqaḏ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - καὶ ἐγένετο κιβωτὸς διαθήκης κυρίου καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως πόλεως Δαυιδ καὶ Μελχολ θυγάτηρ Σαουλ παρέκυψεν διὰ τῆς θυρίδος καὶ εἶδεν τὸν βασιλέα Δαυιδ ὀρχούμενον καὶ παίζοντα καὶ ἐξουδένωσεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:11 - μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:6 - (LXX 28:6)καὶ λεπτυνεῖ αὐτὰς ὡς τὸν μόσχον τὸν Λίβανον καὶ ἠγαπημένος ὡς υἱὸς μονοκερώτων
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 - (LXX 113:4)τὰ ὄρη ἐσκίρτησαν ὡσεὶ κριοὶ καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ ὡς ἀρνία προβάτων
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 - (LXX 113:6)τὰ ὄρη ὅτι ἐσκιρτήσατε ὡσεὶ κριοί καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ ὡς ἀρνία προβάτων
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - καιρὸς τοῦ κλαῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ γελάσαι καιρὸς τοῦ κόψασθαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ὀρχήσασθαι
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐκεῖ θηρία καὶ ἐμπλησθήσονται αἱ οἰκίαι ἤχου καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐκεῖ σειρῆνες καὶ δαιμόνια ἐκεῖ ὀρχήσονται
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἐπὶ τὰς κορυφὰς τῶν ὀρέων ἐξαλοῦνται καὶ ὡς φωνὴ φλογὸς πυρὸς κατεσθιούσης καλάμην καὶ ὡς λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρὸς παρατασσόμενος εἰς πόλεμον
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - (LXX 3:2)φωνὴ μαστίγων καὶ φωνὴ σεισμοῦ τροχῶν καὶ ἵππου διώκοντος καὶ ἅρματος ἀναβράσσοντος
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