4640. skirtaó

Lexicon

skirtaó: To leap, to jump, to exult

Original Word: σκιρτάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: skirtaó
Pronunciation: skeer-TAH-oh
Phonetic Spelling: (skeer-tah'-o)
KJV: leap (for joy)
NASB: leaped, leap
Word Origin: [akin to skairo "to skip"]

1. to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

leap for joy.

Akin to skairo (to skip); to jump, i.e. Sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus) -- leap (for joy).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from skairó (to skip)
Definition
to leap
NASB Translation
leap (1), leaped (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4640: σκιρτάω

σκιρτάω, σκίρτω: 1 aorist ἐσκίρτησα; to leap: Luke 1:41, 44; Luke 6:23. (Genesis 25:22; Psalm 113:4, 6 (); Greek writings from Homer down.)

Forms and Transliterations

εσκιρτάτε εσκίρτησαν εσκιρτήσατε εσκίρτησε εσκιρτησεν ἐσκίρτησεν εσκίρτων σκιρτησατε σκιρτήσατε σκιρτήσετε eskirtesen eskirtēsen eskírtesen eskírtēsen skirtesate skirtēsate skirtḗsate

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 1:41 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἡ Ἐλισάβετ ἐσκίρτησεν τὸ βρέφος
NAS: the baby leaped in her womb;
KJV: of Mary, the babe leaped in her
INT: Elizabeth leaped the baby

Luke 1:44 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὦτά μου ἐσκίρτησεν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει
NAS: the baby leaped in my womb
KJV: ears, the babe leaped in my
INT: ears of me leaped in exultation

Luke 6:23 V-AMA-2P
GRK: ἡμέρᾳ καὶ σκιρτήσατε ἰδοὺ γὰρ
NAS: in that day and leap [for joy], for behold,
KJV: day, and leap for joy: for, behold,
INT: day and leap for joy Behold indeed

Strong's Greek 4640
3 Occurrences

ἐσκίρτησεν — 2 Occ.
σκιρτήσατε — 1 Occ.