And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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רָקַד
H7540 · râqad · raw-kad' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
KJV usage
dance, jump, leap, skip.
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.