כָּרַר

karar · dance

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3769 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

karar (כָּרַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dance”.

Whirl around.

How to say it

ka·rar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To dance whirling with the whole body, with joy.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 2 Samuel 6:14

    David was dancing with all his strength before YHWH, and David was girded with a linen ephod.

  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of YHWH was coming into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before YHWH; and she despised him in her heart.