H7540 רָקַד
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 9 KJV occurrences
רָקַד
râqad · raw-kad'
Definition
properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
KJV Renderings
dance, jump, leap, skip.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 9)
- 1 Chronicles 15:29¶ 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.
- Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
- Psalms 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
- Psalms 114:6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
- Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Isaiah 13:21But 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.
- Joel 2:5Like 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.