Orcheomai ὀρχέομαι

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Orcheomai
ὀρχέομαι
Transliterationorcheomai
Strong's numberG3738
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto dance
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Orcheomai (Greek ὀρχέομαι, Strong's G3738) is a Greek verb meaning “to dance”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὀρχέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX for רָקַד, etc. ;]
to dance; Mat.11:17 14:6, Mrk.6:22, Luk.7:32.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdanced (4), ye have (2)
BSByou did not dance (2), danced (2)

Verses

Every verse with Orcheomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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