Word Study · Strong's G4640 · Greek
σκιρτάω
skirtao
skeer-tah'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: skirtáō
“to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)
Rendered in the KJV as
leap (for joy).
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἐσκίρτησεν2
- σκιρτήσατε·1
How it is rendered · 2
- leaped2
- do leap for joy;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-AAM-2P · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 1:41ἐσκίρτησενeskirtēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.here: leaped
- Luke 1:44ἐσκίρτησενeskirtēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularFor as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.here: leaped
- Luke 6:23σκιρτήσατε·skirtēsateverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person pluralRejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.here: do leap for joy;