χορός
chorós · G5525 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to dance, dancing
Patterned rhythmic movements of the whole and/or parts of the body, normally to the accompaniment of music
ExamplesLuke 15:25 “Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ὀρχέομαι orchéomai · G3738 · to dance, dancing
- ὀρχέομαι (orchéomai, G3738) is the verb form (to dance), while χορός (chorós, G5525) is the corresponding noun form (a dance, dancing). Both refer to the same activity but occupy different grammatical roles.
In the other Testament 2 words
- מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh · H4246 · to dance
- מְחֹלָה (mᵉchôlâh, H4246) and χορός (chorós, G5525) both denote group dancing or circular dance formations, with מְחֹלָה (mᵉchôlâh, H4246) emphasizing the collective company of dancers and χορός (chorós, G5525) the ring/circular structure of the dance itself.
- מָחוֹל mâchôwl · H4234 · to dance
- Hebrew מָחוֹל (mâchôwl, H4234) and Greek χορός (chorós, G5525) both denote dancing or a dance, with χορός specifically emphasizing the circular or group choreography aspect (ring dance, choral movement) while מָחוֹל represents the broader Hebrew term for dancing as a communal or celebratory activity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To dance, dancing15.244
- Luke 15:25 recounts that as the older son came to the house, “he heard music and dancing”.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χορου, ὁ (by metathesis from ὄρχος, ὀρχέομαι ((?); probably related to χόρτος…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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