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Lexicon :: Strong's H4246 - mᵊḥōlâ

Aa
מְחֹלָה
Transliteration
mᵊḥōlâ
Pronunciation
mek-o-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 623h

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מחלה (Strongs and Gesenius) מחולה (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4246 in the following manner: dance (5x), dancing (2x), company (1x).

  1. dancing, dance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh, mek-o-law'; feminine of H4234; a dance:—company, dances(-cing).
STRONGS H4246: Abbreviations
† [מְחוֺלָה] noun feminine id.; — construct מְחֹלַת Cant 7:1; plural מְחֹלֹת Exodus 32:19; מְחֹלוֺת Exodus 15:20 + 5 times; dancing, token of joyousness after victory, Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5; in worship, at feast Judges 21:21; act of praise to י׳ Exodus 15:20 (song); in idolatrous worship Exodus 32:19 (E); as graceful and beautiful Songs 7:1; accompare by timbrel Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34, and by singing Exodus 15:20; 1 Samuel 18:6 (where however read probably Po`lel Participle הַמְּחֹלְלוֺת, compare verb חוּל above; so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr), 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 32:19; 32:19

Judges

11:34; 11:34; 21:21

1 Samuel

18:6; 18:16; 21:12; 21:12; 29:5; 29:5

Song of Songs

7:1; 7:1

H4246

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4246 matches the Hebrew מְחֹלָה (mᵊḥōlâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Miriam H4813 the prophetess H5031, Aaron’s H175 sister H269, took H3947 the tambourine H8596 in her hand H3027, and all H3605 the women H802 went H3318 out H3318 after H310 her with tambourines H8596 and with [fn]dancing H4246.

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And it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 [fn]Moses approached H7126 the camp H4264, that he saw H7200 the calf H5695 and the people dancing H4246; and Moses’ H4872 anger H639 burned H2734, and he threw H7993 the tablets H3871 from his hands H3027 and shattered H7665 them to H7665 pieces H7665 [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the mountain H2022.

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But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch H7200; and behold H2009, if H518 the daughters H1323 of Shiloh H7887 come H3318 out H3318 to [fn]take H2342 part H2342 in the dances H4246, then you shall come H3318 out H3318 of the vineyards H3754, and each H376 of you shall seize H2414 his wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Shiloh H7887, and go H1980 to the land H776 of Benjamin H1144.

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Now it happened H1961 as they were coming H935, when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, that the women H802 came H3318 out H3318 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478, singing H7891 and dancing H4246, to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul H7586, with tambourines H8596, with joy H8057 and with other [fn]musical H7991 instruments H7991.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 to him, “Is this H2088 not David H1732, the king H4428 of the land H776? Did they not sing H6030 of this H2088 one H2088 as they danced H4246, saying H559,

‘Saul H7586 has slain H5221 his thousands H505,

And David H1732 his ten H7233 thousands H7233’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this H2088 not David H1732, of whom H834 they sing H6030 in the dances H4246, saying H559,

‘Saul H7586 has slain H5221 his thousands H505,

And David H1732 his ten H7233 thousands H7233’?”

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The Chorus

“[fn]Come H7725 back H7725, come H7725 back H7725, O Shulammite H7759;

Come H7725 back H7725, come H7725 back H7725, so that we may look H2372 at you!”

The Groom

“Why H4100 should you look H2372 at the Shulammite H7759,

As at the dance H4246 of [fn]the two armies H4264?

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