רָקַד
ra.qad
“to skip about”
Definition
properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
a primitive root;
- to skip about 1a) (Qal) to skip about 1b) (Piel) to dance, leap 1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip
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Occurrences
רָקַד appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance,
But desert creatures will lie down there,and howling creatures will fill her houses.Ostriches will dwell there,and wild goats will leap about.
They send forth their little ones like a flock;their children skip about,
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