Strong’s G4640 · Greek
σκιρτάω
skirtáō
Definition
to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)
Etymology
akin to (to skip);
Where the KJV renders it
- leap (for joy)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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