1. dance, dancing — A noun denoting dance or dancing as a communal, joyful activity, often associated with worship and celebration. God turns mourning into dancing (Ps 30:11); Israel is called to praise the LORD with dancing (Ps 149:3; 150:4). In prophetic restoration, the virgin of Israel will go out in the dance of the merrymakers (Jer 31:4, 13). In Lamentations 5:15 it appears in the lament that 'our dancing has been turned to mourning.' All occurrences reflect festive, rhythmic bodily movement as an expression of joy, worship, or communal celebration. 6×
AR["إِلَى-رَقْصٍ","بِالرَّقْصِ","بِـ-رَقْصٍ","رَقْصُنَا","فِي-رَقْصِ","وَ-الرَّقْصِ"]·ben["আমাদের-নাচ","ও-নৃত্যে","নৃত্যে","নৃত্যে-","নৃত্যে-সেই"]·DE["[במחול]","[מחלנו]","hinein-dancing","mit-dancing","und-Tanz"]·EN["and-dance","in-dance","in-dance-of","into-dancing","our-dancing","with-dancing"]·FR["[במחול]","[מחלנו]","dans-danse","et-de-danse","à-danse"]·heb["ב-מחול","ו-מחול","ל-מחול","מחולנו"]·HI["और-नृत्य","नृत्य-में","में-नाच","में-नृत्य","हमारा-नाच"]·ID["dalam-tarian","dan-tarian","dengan-tarian","tarian-kami"]·IT["[במחול]","[מחלנו]","danza","e-danza"]·jav["beksa-kita","dados-jogedan","ing-tari","kanthi-joged","lan-joged"]·KO["그-춤으로","그리고-춤으로","에-춤으로","우리-춤-이","춤-으로"]·PT["com-dança","e-dança","em-dança","em-dança-de","na-dança","nossa-dança"]·RU["в-танец","в-хороводе","и-танцами","с-танцами","хоровод-наш"]·ES["con-danza","en-danza","en-danza-de","nuestra-danza","y-danza"]·SW["kuwa-densi","kwa-densi","kwa-densi-za","kwa-kucheza","na-kucheza","ngoma-yetu"]·TR["dansa-","dansla","dansla-o","dansımız","ve-dansla"]·urd["-رقص-میں","اور-رقص-سے","بِ-رقص","رقص-میں","ہمارا-ناچ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. מָחוֹל n.m. La 5:15 dance;—abs. מ׳ ψ 30:12 + 3 times; cstr. מְחוֹל Je 31:4; מְחוֹלֵנוּ La 5:15;—dance, token of joyousness ψ 30:12 (opp. מספד), Je 31:4, 13 (cf. v b), La 5:15 (opp. אֵבֶל); act of praise to י׳ ψ 149:3; 150:4; accompanied by timbrel (תֹּף) and sometimes other instruments ψ 149:3, 4 Je 31:13.