Dance
Dance. Form of artistic expression incorporated into Israel’s worship, used especially during times of celebration.See Music and Musical Instruments.
Dance
Dancing • Leap
Dancing
dancing, rhythmic bodily movement, often to music. As a sign of rejoicing, dance had a place in the secular and religious life of ancient Israel. Dance could be accompanied by song and instrumental music. Women sometimes greeted the return of victorious soldiers with music and dance (1 Sam. 18:6). Dancing
Dance
DANCE. The English word, in one form or another, occurs 25 or 30 times, mostly in the OT, and translates several Heb. and two Gr. words. One Heb. word means “to whirl, writhe”; another, “to spring, skip about”; and still another, “to revolve, whirl about.” Of the two Gr. words, the more common suggests
Dance
DANCE. The OT makes occasional reference to dancing as a source of amusement only (e.g. Ex. 32:19; Ec. 3:4), but usually behind the activity is some form of religious significance. Groups of women engaged in it on occasions of national celebration, such as after the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 15:20)
Dance
DanceDance in the Bible is associated with various occasions. Birthdays (Matt. 14:6; Mark 6:21–22), weddings (presuming that Jer. 31:22 refers to dancing as part of a marriage ceremony and that Matt. 11:17; Luke 7:32 refer to Jesus as bridegroom), and family reunions (Luke 15:25) are all marked by dancing.
Dance
Dance †The Israelites, like other peoples of the ancient Near East, were accustomed to express their emotions in dance—usually round dances performed by the women (Heb. meḥōlâ “round dance”; KoB, p. 512; e.g., Exod. 15:20; Heb. māḥôl; Jer. 31:13). The only specific example of male dancing
Dancing
DANCING In the Old Testament, dancing was an expression of joy and worship. It was often accompanied by song and musical instruments (Judg 21:21; 1 Sam 18:6; Eccl 3:4; Jer 31:12–13). Ritual dancing accompanied the Lord’s victory at the Red Sea (Exod 15:20) and the celebrations in honor of the ark of
Dance
Dance. The dance is spoken of in Holy Scripture universally as symbolical of some rejoicing, and is often coupled for the sake of contrast with mourning, as in Eccles. 3:4; comp. Ps. 30:11; Matt. 11:17. In the earlier period it is found combined with some song or refrain, Ex. 15:20; 32:18, 19; 1 Sam.
Dance
Dance—found in Judg. 21:21, 23; Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Jer. 31:4, 13, etc., as the translation of hul, which points to the whirling motion of Oriental sacred dances. It is the rendering of a word (rakad’) which means to skip or leap for joy, in Eccl. 3:4; Job 21:11; Isa. 13:21, etc.In the New Testament