Embracing Creative Dance in Worship
-
Contact Myronette Jones- Dance Director
Is dance worship? We aim to grasp the basic function God originally intended for the dance to accomplish. Dance is one of the expressions of worship that God is restoring to the Church today. Come to understand the scriptural foundation for dance in worship and the reasons satan comes against this form of worship. It is God's desire to restore the dance.
Dancing before the Lord

All the words have reference numbers from Strongs Concordance in brackets
-
CHIYL (2342) - to twist or whirl in a circular manner. Judges 21v21
-
MACHOWL (4234) - a round dance. Psalm 30v11 Jeremiah 31v4
-
MECHOWLAH (4246) - a dance / company of dancers. Judges 11v34 Exodus 15v20
-
DALAG (1801) - to leap or spring. Song of Solomon 2v8 Isaiah 35v6
-
CHAGAG (2287) - to move in a circle / march in a sacred procession / celebrate a festival / dance. Psalm 42v4 Zechariah 14v18
-
KARAR (3769) - to dance or whirl. 2 Samuel 6v14
-
RAQAD (7540) - to stamp / spring about / dance / jump / leap / skip.
-
1 Chronicles 15v29 Ecclesiastes 3v4
-
PAZAZ (6339) - to spring or leap. 2 Samuel 6v16
-
PACACH (6452) - to hop / skip over / to dance. 1 Kings 18v26
-
GIYL/GUWL (1523) - to spin round under the influence of emotion (usually rejoice) 1 Chronicles 16v31 Psalm 9v14
-
ALATS (5970) - to jump for joy / be joyful / rejoice / triumph. Proverbs 28v12Psalm 68v3
WORDS FOR WORSHIP
-
SCHACAH (7812) - to worship and to bow down. Genesis 22v5 Exodus 34v8
-
BARAK (1288) - to kneel and to bless. 1 Chronicles 29v20 Nehemiah 8v6
-
HALLAL (1984) - praise and celebration (from which hallelujah is derived). 1 Chronicles 16v4 Ezra 3v11
.jpg)




