The word in Scripture

Dance in the Bible

The word dance appears 8 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Dance expresses overflowing joy before the Lord. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What dance means in the Bible

Dance expresses overflowing joy before the Lord.

Where the word dance appears

Here is every passage where the word dance appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.”Judges 21:21

“They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.”Job 21:11

“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.”Psalms 149:3

“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.”Psalms 150:4

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”Ecclesiastes 3:4

“But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.”Isaiah 13:21

“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”Jeremiah 31:13

“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”Lamentations 5:15