The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σκιρτάω

Lemmaσκιρτάω
Citation formσκιρτάω
Part of speechverb
GlossI leap for joy
Strong’sG4640
Transliterationskirtáō
Definitionto jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)
KJV glosses:--leap (for joy).
Derivationakin to (to skip)
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐσκίρτησεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Luke 1:41
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Luke 1:44
σκιρτήσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--)Luke 6:23

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: σκιρταω.