Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4234
מָחוֹל
macholmaw-khole'
dance
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâchôwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4234is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4234
a (round) dance
The King James renders it: dance(-cing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
machol is rendered "dance". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Psalms 30:11לְמָח֪וֹל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- with dancing2
- and dancing1
- dancing our1
- in dancing of1
- into dancing1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָחוֹז | machoz | haven | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְמָח֑וֹל1
- בְּמָח֔וֹל1
- בִּמְח֥וֹל1
- וּמָח֑וֹל1
- לְמָח֪וֹל1
- מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmsc/Sp1bp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Psalms
three uses
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- לְמָח֪וֹלlemacholpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into dancing
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- בְמָח֑וֹלvemacholpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with dancing
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
- וּמָח֑וֹלumacholconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and dancing
Jeremiah
two uses
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- בִּמְח֥וֹלbimcholpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in dancing of
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- בְּמָח֔וֹלbemacholpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with dancing
Lamentations
one use
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
- מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃mecholenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: dancing our
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.