Strong's Hebrew: 7540. רָקַד (raqad) -- To leap, to dance, to skip

Strong's Lexicon

raqad: To leap, to dance, to skip

Original Word: רָקַד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: raqad
Pronunciation: rah-KAHD
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kad')
Definition: To leap, to dance, to skip
Meaning: to stamp, to spring about

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "raqad," the concept of dancing or leaping in joy can be related to Greek words such as "χορεύω" (choreuo - to dance) and "σκιρτάω" (skirtao - to leap).

Usage: The Hebrew verb "raqad" primarily conveys the action of leaping or dancing, often in a joyful or celebratory context. It is used to describe physical expressions of joy, exuberance, or religious celebration. The term can also imply a sense of skipping or bounding with energy.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, dance was an integral part of religious and communal life. It was a common expression of joy, victory, and worship. Dancing was often accompanied by music and singing, and it played a significant role in festivals, celebrations, and religious ceremonies. The act of dancing was not merely entertainment but a form of expressing one's emotions and devotion to God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to skip about
NASB Translation
bounding (1), dance (1), frolic (1), leap (1), leaping (1), skip (2), skip about (1), skipped (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רָקַד verb skip about (Late Hebrew Pi`el, Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic רְקַד Pa`el, Pa`el; Assyrian ra‡âdu, skip, dance;, Arabic IX. run with leaps and bounds, leaping up briskly); —

Qal skip about, Perfect3masculine plural רָֽקְדוּ Psalm 114:4 (of mountains, כְּאֵילִים); Imperfect2masculine plural תִּרְקְדוּ Psalm 114:6 (id.; both of Sinai quaking at law-giving); Infinitive construct עֵת רְקוֺד Ecclesiastes 3:4 a time to mourn (סְפֹד), and a time to skip about (gaily).

Pi`el dance, leap: Imperfect3masculine plural יְרַקְּדוּ Isaiah 13:21 (of שְׂעִירִים); יְרַקֵּר֑וּן Job 21:11 (of children; merrily), Joel 2:5(of locusts); Participle מְרַקֵּד 1 Chronicles 15:29 (of David; = מְכַרְכֵּר, מְפַזֵּז, in "" 2 Samuel 6:14,16); feminine singular מְרַקֵּדָה Nahum 3:2 (of jolting chariots); in 2 Samuel 6:21 a insert אֲרַקֵּד I will dance, after ׳לִפְנֵי י, ᵐ5 Th We Dr Bu HPS (מְרַקֵּד).

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיַּרְקִידֵם Psalm 29:6 he (׳י) made them skip like calves (trees, by lightning).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dance, jump, leap, skip

A primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. To spring about (wildly or for joy) -- dance, jump, leap, skip.

Forms and Transliterations

וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם וירקידם יְרַקְּדוּ־ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ ירקדו־ ירקדון ירקדון׃ מְרַקֵּ֣ד מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃ מרקד מרקדה׃ רְקֽוֹד׃ רָקְד֣וּ רקדו רקוד׃ תִּרְקְד֣וּ תרקדו mə·raq·qê·ḏāh mə·raq·qêḏ merakKed merakkeDah məraqqêḏ məraqqêḏāh rā·qə·ḏū rakeDu rāqəḏū rə·qō·wḏ reKod rəqōwḏ tir·qə·ḏū tirkeDu tirqəḏū vaiyarkiDem way·yar·qî·ḏêm wayyarqîḏêm yə·raq·qə·ḏū- yə·raq·qê·ḏūn yerakkedu yerakkeDun yəraqqəḏū- yəraqqêḏūn

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Englishman's Concordance

1 Chronicles 15:29
HEB: הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ מְרַקֵּ֣ד וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק וַתִּ֥בֶז
NAS: David leaping and celebrating;
KJV: David dancing and playing:
INT: King David leaping and celebrating despised

Job 21:11
HEB: עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃
NAS: And their children skip about.
KJV: and their children dance.
INT: their little and their children skip

Psalm 29:6
HEB: וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־ עֵ֑גֶל
NAS: He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
KJV: He maketh them also to skip like a calf;
INT: skip like A calf

Psalm 114:4
HEB: הֶֽ֭הָרִים רָקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת
NAS: The mountains skipped like rams,
KJV: The mountains skipped like rams,
INT: the mountains skipped rams the hills

Psalm 114:6
HEB: הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת
NAS: O mountains, that you skip like rams?
KJV: Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams;
INT: mountains you skip rams hills

Ecclesiastes 3:4
HEB: סְפ֖וֹד וְעֵ֥ת רְקֽוֹד׃
NAS: to mourn and a time to dance.
KJV: to mourn, and a time to dance;
INT: to mourn time to dance

Isaiah 13:21
HEB: יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים יְרַקְּדוּ־ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: and shaggy goats will frolic there.
KJV: there, and satyrs shall dance there.
INT: Ostriches and shaggy will frolic there

Joel 2:5
HEB: רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן כְּקוֹל֙ לַ֣הַב
NAS: as of chariots They leap on the tops
KJV: of mountains shall they leap, like the noise
INT: the tops of the mountains leap the crackling of a flame

Nahum 3:2
HEB: דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃
NAS: horses And bounding chariots!
KJV: horses, and of the jumping chariots.
INT: Galloping chariots and bounding