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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ὀρχέομαι

(Strong's #3738 — Verb — orcheo — or-kheh'-om-ahee )

(cp. Eng., "orchestra") probably originally signified "to lift up," as of the feet; hence, "to leap with regularity of motion." It is always used in the Middle Voice, Matthew 11:17; 14:6; Mark 6:22; Luke 7:32 . The performance by the daughter of Herodias is the only clear instance of artistic dancing, a form introduced from Greek customs.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dance'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/dance.html. 1940.
 
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