Raqad רָקַד
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| רָקַד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | raqad |
| Strong's number | H7540 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to skip about |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Raqad (Hebrew רָקַד, Strong's H7540) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to skip about”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to skip about
1a) (Qal) to skip about
1b) (Piel) to dance, leap
1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip
1a) (Qal) to skip about
1b) (Piel) to dance, leap
1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dance (3), skipped (2), dancing (1), skip (1), leap (1), jumping (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | dancing (1), skip about (1), skip (1), skipped (1), you skipped (1), dance (1), will leap about (1), they bound (1), bounding (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Raqad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 15:29And 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.As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
Job
- Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
Psalms
- Psalm 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- Psalm 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Psalm 114:6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Isaiah
- 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.But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
Joel
- 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.With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).