Words the Bible translates as dance
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥulחוּלto dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
+3 more meanings
- to writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
- to bring forth: to give birth, or to be born, the labor-writhing carried through to the child it produces
- to wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- orcheomaiὀρχέομαιto dance: to move the body rhythmically, whether in festive celebration or as a performance
- raqadרָקַדto leap: to move in quick, springing bounds, whether in dancing, in play, or in a violent charge
- meḥolahמְחוֹלָהa dance: the circling, celebratory dancing of a crowd, done to tambourines and singing, most often by women
- maḥolמָחוֹלdancenot studied yet
- kararכָּרַרto whirl: to dance by spinning and turning the whole body, thrown into the motion with full strength.
- dutsדּוּץto dancenot studied yet
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