GreekG3738Verb

ὀρχέομαι

orcheomai

4Occurrences
G3738Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to dance (from the ranklike or regular motion)

middle voice from (a row or ring);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to dance.
LXX: for רָקַד, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ὀρχέομαι appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
2
Luke
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 7:32BSB

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another:‘We played the flute for you,and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,and you did not weep.’

Matthew 11:17BSB

‘We played the flute for you,and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 14:6BSB

On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

Mark 6:22BSB

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.