STRONGS G3738:
ὀρχέομαι,
ὀρχοῦμαι: 1 aorist
ὠρχησαμην; (from
χορός, by transposition
ὄρχος; cf.
ά῾ρπω,
ἁρπάζω, and Latin
rapio,
μορφή and Latin
forma; (but these supposed transpositions are extremely doubtful, cf.
Curtius, § 189;
Fick 4:207, 167. Some connect
ὀρχέομαι with the root, argh, 'to put in rapid motion'; cf.
Vanicek, p. 59));
to dance:
Matthew 11:17;
Matthew 14:6;
Mark 6:22;
Luke 7:32. (From
Homer down; the
Sept. for
רָקַד,
1 Chronicles 15:29; Ecclus. 3:4;
2 Samuel 6:21.)
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