Strong's Lexicon

H4234

H4234 — מָחוֹל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmachowlnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 623g

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4234
Word:מָחוֹל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2342
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:machowl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-khole'
Meaning:1. a (round) dance
KJV Renderings:dance(-cing).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2619

מָחוֺל noun masculine Lam 5:15 dance; — absolute׳ מ Ps 30:12 + 3 t.; construct מְחוֺל Jer 31:4 מְחוֺלֵנוּ Lam 5:15 — dance, token of joyousness Ps 30:12 (opposed to מספד), Jer 31:4; Jer 31:13 (compare vb), Lam 5:15 (opposed to אֵבֶּל); act of praise to ׳ י Ps 149:3; Ps 150:4 accompanied by timbrel (תֹּף) and sometimes other instruments Ps 149:3; Ps 149:4; Jer 31:13.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחול (mah-gh)

Psalms 30:11

KJV: Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
EHCC: (12). for me my mourning iafo dencisy:

Psalms 150:4

KJV: Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.dance: or, pipe
EHCC: Praise fim With the timbrel asd dant:

Lamentations 5:15

KJV: The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
EHCC: our dance is turned into mourning.

Exodus 18:90

EHCC: with timbrels and with dancer.

Exodus 32:19

KJV: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
EHCC: saw the calf, aad the danciag:

Judges 11:34

KJV: And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself
EHCC: with timbrels and with dances:

Judges 18:6

KJV: And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
EHCC: singing and ing,

Judges 29:5

EHCC: whom they sang one to another ia dees,

Song of Songs 6:13

KJV: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.of…: or, of Mahanaim
EHCC: (7:1). As i were the company of two 4מתו
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