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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 - cumque pervenisset arca foederis Domini usque ad civitatem David Michol filia Saul prospiciens per fenestram vidit regem David saltantem atque ludentem et despexit eum in corde suo
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:11 - egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:6 - [Vulgate 28:6] et disperget eas quasi vitulus Libani et Sarion quasi filius rinocerotis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 - [Vulgate 113:4] montes subsilierunt quasi arietes colles quasi filii gregis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 - [Vulgate 113:6] montes sussultastis quasi arietes colles quasi filii gregis
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - tempus flendi et tempus ridendi tempus plangendi et tempus saltandi
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - sed requiescent ibi bestiae et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus et habitabunt ibi strutiones et pilosi saltabunt ibi
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exilient sicut sonitus flammae ignis devorantis stipulam velut populus fortis praeparatus ad proelium
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - vox flagelli et vox impetus rotae et equi frementis et quadrigae ferventis equitis ascendentis
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