Quick Definition
I leap for joy
Strong's Definition
to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)
Derivation: akin to (to skip);
KJV Usage: leap (for joy)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκιρτάω, σκίρτω: 1 aorist ἐσκίρτησα; to leap: Luk_1:41; Luk_1:44; Luk_6:23. (Gen_25:22; Psa_113:4; Psa_113:6 (); Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκιρτάω skirtaō 3x
to leap, Luk_1:41 ; Luk_1:44 ; to leap, skip, bound for joy, Luk_6:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκιρτάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : Gen_25:22 ( H7533 hithpo .), Psa_114:4 ; Psa_114:6 ( H7540 ), etc.;]
to leap: Luk_1:41 ; Luk_1:44 ; Luk_6:23 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκιρτάω [page 578]
leap, bound, is confined in the NT to Lk ( Luk_1:41 ; Luk_1:44 ; Luk_6:23 ) : cf. Kaibel 271 .5 σκιρτῶ καὶ τέρπομαι , ib. 649 .3 (iii/A.D.)
σκιρτῶσα γέγηθας
ἄνθεσιν ἐν μαλακοῖσι κακῶν ἔκτοσθεν ἁπάντων .
A new instance of the subst. σκίρτημα is found in the iv/A.D. Christian hymn, P Amh I. 2 .19 Τὰ [δ ]᾽ ἀ [νάπ ]αυλα ( l. ἀνάπαυμα ?) λυπο <υ >μένων , Τὰ δὲ σκιρτήματα [. ., O the rest of the sorrowful, O the dancing of the . . (cf. ZNTW ii. (1901), p. 73 ff.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκιρτάω σκιρτάω, φυτ. -ήσω [Etym: σκαίρω] "to spring, leap, bound", Il. , Eur. , etc.:—metaph. of gusts of wind, Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκιρτάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Gen.25:22 (רָצַץ hithpo.), Psa.114:4, 6 (רָקַד), etc. ;]
to leap: Luk.1:41, 44 6:23.†
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