Strong G4640σκιρτάω
to leap
- Transliteration
- skirtaō
- Pronunciation
- skeer-tah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Akin to σκαίρω skairō (to skip); to jump that is sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus): - leap (for joy).
Detailed definition
σκιρτάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Gen.25:22 (רָצַץ hithpo.), Psa.114:4, 6 (רָקַד), etc.;]
to leap: Luk.1:41, 44 6:23.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.25:22 (רָצַץ hithpo.), Psa.114:4, 6 (רָקַד), etc.;]
to leap: Luk.1:41, 44 6:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4640 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- leap2
- joy1
First verses
- Luke 1:41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
- Luke 1:44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- Luke 6:23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκιρτ-άω,
Ionic dialect σκιρτ-έω [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.342:)] — _frequentative verb_ of σκαίρω, spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.., ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.226, 228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1125)]; of goats, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.152)]; of the Bacchae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 761, compare “V.” 1305)]; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 653e)]: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ᾽ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1085 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 metaphorically, to be skittish, unruly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 362.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571c, etc.)]
Ionic dialect σκιρτ-έω [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.342:)] — _frequentative verb_ of σκαίρω, spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.., ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.226, 228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1125)]; of goats, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.152)]; of the Bacchae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 761, compare “V.” 1305)]; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 653e)]: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ᾽ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1085 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 metaphorically, to be skittish, unruly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 362.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571c, etc.)]