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21 Bible Verses About Dance

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  • Strong’s lists two occurrences of karar, the verb for David’s dancing before the ark: 2 Samuel 6:14 and 6:16.
  • Strong’s lists six Old Testament occurrences of machol, dance: Psalms 30, 149 and 150, Jeremiah 31 (twice) and Lamentations 5.
  • Psalm 30:11 and Jeremiah 31:13 turn mourning into dancing or joy, and Lamentations 5:15 describes dancing turned to mourning.
  • Miriam’s women (Exodus 15:20), Jephthah’s daughter (Judges 11:34) and the women of Israel (1 Samuel 18:6) all meet a victory with tambourines and dancing.
  • In the parable of the lost son, the older brother hears music and dancing (Luke 15:25), which Strong’s lists as the one New Testament occurrence of the Greek choros.

In the Bible, people dance when God has given them something to celebrate. David dances before the ark (2 Samuel 6:14), the women follow Miriam with tambourines and dancing after the Red Sea (Exodus 15:20), and Psalm 30:11 thanks God for turning mourning into dancing. Dancing also appears in scenes that end badly: around the golden calf (Exodus 32:19) and at Herod’s birthday, where a dance led to the death of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:6-7). Two Hebrew nouns lie…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 3769, כָּרַר (karar): to dance, whirl; two occurrences, 2 Samuel 6:14 and 6:16. biblehub.com/hebrew/3769

Strong’s Hebrew 4234, מָחוֹל (machol): dancing, dance; six occurrences. biblehub.com/hebrew/4234

Strong’s Hebrew 4246, מְחֹלָה (mecholah): dance; used in Exodus 15:20, Exodus 32:19 and Judges 11:34. biblehub.com/hebrew/4246

Strong’s Greek 5525, χορός (choros): dancing; its one New Testament occurrence is Luke 15:25. biblehub.com/greek/5525

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