A dance
χορόςStrong’s G5525choros
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Choros is the Greek word usually translated “dancing”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dancing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dancing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
χορός choros · a dance
χορός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מָחוֹל, מְחֹלָה ;] a dance: pl., Luk.15:25.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dancing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
D'ANCING, participle present
tense Leaping and stepping to the sound of the voice or of an instrument; moving in measured steps; frisking about.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.