Strong's Greek: 4640. σκιρτάω (skirtaó) -- to leap

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Lexicon

skirtaó: to leap

Original Word: σκιρτάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: skirtaó
Phonetic Spelling: (skeer-tah'-o)
Short Definition: I leap for joy
Definition: I leap (for joy), skip, bound.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

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

Thayer's

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.)

Strong's

leap for joy.

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