Lexicon :: Strong's H7540 - rāqaḏ

רָקַד

Transliteration

rāqaḏ

Pronunciation

raw-kad'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2214

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7540: Abbreviations

† רָקַד verb skip about (Late Hebrew Pi. Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic רְקַד Pa., Pa.; Assyrian raḳâdu, skip, dance; Arabic IX. run with leaps and bounds, 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׳, 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).

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H7540 matches the Hebrew רָקַד (rāqaḏ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

1Ch 15:29

1Ch 15:29 - And it came to pass, as the ark^H727 of the covenant^H1285 of the LORD^H3068 came^H935 to the city^H5892 of David,^H1732 that Michal^H4324 the daughter^H1323 of Saul^H7586 looking out^H8259 at a window^H2474 saw^H7200 king^H4428 David^H1732 dancing^H7540 and playing:^H7832 and she despised^H959 him in her heart.^H3820

Job 21:11

Job 21:11 - They send forth^H7971 their little ones^H5759 like a flock,^H6629 and their children^H3206 dance.^H7540

Psa 29:6

Psa 29:6 - He maketh them also to skip^H7540 like a calf;^H5695 Lebanon^H3844 and Sirion^H8303 like a young^H1121 unicorn.^H7214

Psa 114:4

Psa 114:4 - The mountains^H2022 skipped^H7540 like rams,^H352 and the little hills^H1389 like lambs.^H1121^H6629

Psa 114:6

Psa 114:6 - Ye mountains,^H2022 that ye skipped^H7540 like rams;^H352 and ye little hills,^H1389 like lambs?^H1121^H6629

Ecc 3:4

Ecc 3:4 - 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

Isa 13:21

Isa 13:21 - But wild beasts of the desert^H6728 shall lie^H7257 there; and their houses^H1004 shall be full^H4390 of doleful creatures;^H255 and owls^H1323^H3284 shall dwell^H7931 there, and satyrs^H8163 shall dance^H7540 there.

Joe 2:5

Joe 2:5 - Like the noise^H6963 of chariots^H4818 on the tops^H7218 of mountains^H2022 shall they leap,^H7540 like the noise^H6963 of a flame^H3851 of fire^H784 that devoureth^H398 the stubble,^H7179 as a strong^H6099 people^H5971 set in battle^H4421 array.^H6186

Nah 3:2

Nah 3:2 - The noise^H6963 of a whip,^H7752 and the noise^H6963 of the rattling^H7494 of the wheels,^H212 and of the pransing^H1725 horses,^H5483 and of the jumping^H7540 chariots.^H4818

Lexicon :: Strong's H7540 - rāqaḏ

רָקַד

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