Judges 21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
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Danced
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Luke 7:32
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
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ὀρχέομαι
orchéomai · or-kheh'-om-ahee
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to dance (from the ranklike or regular motion)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:17Strong's last: Luke 7:32
Open full G3738 profile →חוּל
chûwl · khool
1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Strong's KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Strong's first: Judges 21:23Strong's last: Judges 21:23
Open full H2342 profile →כָּרַר
kârar · kaw-rar'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to dance (i.e. whirl)
Strong's KJV usage: dance(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 6:14Strong's last: 2 Samuel 6:14
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G3738
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
G3738
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
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dance
D'ANCE, verb intransitive
1. Primarily, to leap or spring; hence, to leap or move with measured steps, regulated by a tune, sung or played on a musical instrument; to leap or step with graceful motions of the body, corresponding with the sound of the voice or an instrument.
There is a time to mourn, and a time to dance
Ecclesiastes 3:4
2. To leap and frisk about; to move nimbly or up and down.
To dance attendance, to wait with obsequiousness; to strive to please and gain favor by assiduous attentions and officious civilities; as, to dance attendance at court.
D'ANCE, verb transitive To make to dance; to move up and down, or back and forth; to dandle; as, to dance a child on the knee.
D'ANCE, noun
1. In general sense, a leaping and frisking about. Appropriately, a leaping or stepping with motions of the body adjusted to the measure of a tune, particularly by two or more in concert. A lively brisk exercise or amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figure, and by the sound of instruments, in measure.
2. A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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