Quick Definition
to skip about
Strong's Definition
properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: dance, jump, leap, skip.
TWOT Reference: 2214
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָקַד (ra.qad) — to skip about. 1) to skip about 1a) (Qal) to skip about 1b) (Piel) to dance, leap 1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Leap | verb qal, verb pi
to dance, to skip, to bound = action with which humans or animals move in a quick and light or lively way
1CH 15:29 · JOB 21:11 · PSA 114:4 · PSA 114:6 · ECC 3:4 · ISA 13:21 · JOL 2:5 · NAM 3:2
Leap | verb hif
to cause (mountains) to skip, jump literally: to cause to skip; hence: = causative action by which a deity causes nature to move or shake
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָקַד vb. skip about Qal skip about
Pi. dance, leap
Hiph. he (י׳) made them skip like calves
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