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Lexicon :: Strong's H7540 - rāqaḏ

Aa
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

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When the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 came H935 to the city H5892 of David H1732, Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 out H8259 of the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 dancing H7540 and celebrating H7832; and she despised H959 him in her heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:11

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“They send H7971 out H7971 their boys H5759 like the flock H6629,

And their children H3206 dance H7540.

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He makes Lebanon H3844 skip H7540 like H3644 a calf H5695,

And Sirion H8303 like H3644 a young H1121 wild H7214 ox H7214.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4

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The mountains H2022 skipped H7540 like rams H352,

The hills H1389, like lambs H1121 H6629.

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Mountains H2022, that you skip H7540 like rams H352?

Hills H1389, like lambs H1121 H6629?

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A time H6256 to weep H1058 and a time H6256 to laugh H7832;

A time H6256 to mourn H5594 and a time H6256 to dance H7540.

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But desert H6728 creatures H6728 will lie H7257 down H7257 there H8033,

And their houses H1004 will be full H4390 of [fn]owls H255;

Ostriches H3284 also will live H7931 there H8033, and [fn]shaggy H8163 goats H8163 will frolic H7540 there H8033.

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[fn]With a noise H6963 as of chariots H4818

They leap H7540 about H7540 on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022,

Like the [fn]crackling H6963 of a flame H3851 of fire H784 consuming H398 the stubble H7179,

Like a mighty H6099 people H5971 drawn H6186 up H6186 for battle H4421.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2

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The sound H6963 of the whip H7752,

The sound H6963 of the roar H7494 of the wheel H212,

Galloping H1725 horses H5483

And [fn]bounding H7540 chariots H4818!

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