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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