STRONGS G5525:
χορός,
χορου,
ὁ (by metathesis from
ὄρχος,
ὀρχέομαι ((?); probably related to
χόρτος (Latin
hortus),
χρόνος, etc., denoting primarily 'an enclosure for dancing'; cf.
Curtius, § 189)), from
Homer down,
a band (of dancers and singers), a circular dance, a dance, dancing:
Luke 15:25 (for
מְחולָה,
Exodus 15:20;
Judges 11:34, etc.; for
מָחול,
Lamentations 5:15;
Psalm 150:4).
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