verb
skirtamō
Strong’sG4640
I leap for joy
stem skirt-3 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
σκιρτάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Ge 25:22 (רצץ hithpo.), Ps 113 (114):4, 6 (רקד), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4640 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskeer-tah'-o
to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus)
Fromakin to σκαίρω (to skip);
King Jamesleap (for joy).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect σκιρτ-έω Refs 3rd c.AD+ — _frequentative verb_ of σκαίρω, spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.., ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Refs 8th c.BC+; of goats, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of the Bacchae, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ᾽ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων Refs 4th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, to be skittish, unruly, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| skirtataἐσκίρτησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | leaped | 2× |
| skirtavarσκιρτήσατε | happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural | leap for joy | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | skirtamō | skirtame | skirtami | skirtama | skirtamē | skirtamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | skirtasō | skirtase | skirtasi | skirtasa | skirtasē | skirtaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | skirtatō | skirtate | skirtati | skirtata2×ἐσκίρτησεν | skirtatē | skirtatelē |
| we 1st person plural | skirtanō | skirtane | skirtani | skirtana | skirtanē | skirtanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | skirtavō | skirtave | skirtavi | skirtava | skirtavē | skirtavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | skirtalō | skirtale | skirtali | skirtala | skirtalē | skirtalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | skirtameiō | skirtameia | skirtameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | skirtaseiō | skirtaseia | skirtaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | skirtateiō | skirtateia | skirtateiē |
| we 1st person plural | skirtaneiō | skirtaneia | skirtaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | skirtaveiō | skirtaveia | skirtaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | skirtaleiō | skirtaleia | skirtaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | skirtasōr | skirtasar | skirtasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | skirtatōr | skirtatar | skirtatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | skirtavōr | skirtavar1×σκιρτήσατε | skirtavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | skirtalōr | skirtalar | skirtalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | skirtamoiō | skirtamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | skirtasoiō | skirtasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | skirtatoiō | skirtatoia |
| we 1st person plural | skirtanoiō | skirtanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | skirtavoiō | skirtavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | skirtaloiō | skirtaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | skirtarō | skirtari | skirtara | skirtarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | skirtarōntos | skirtarintos | skirtarantos | skirtarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
skirt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
skirtata“leaped”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Luke 1:41… ton aspasmon tau Mariau tas Elisabet, skirtata tem brefem en ta koilia autau, …… Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was …
Luke 1:44… aspasmou su eis teim oueim mu, skirtata en agalliasia tem brefem en ta …… ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
skirtavar“leap for joy”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Luke 6:23chairivar en ekeina ta hēmera kai skirtavar, idou gar tos misthos vu pollos …Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in …