ἐπικροτέω
clap, applaud
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐπικροτέω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 4 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Proverbs 17:18 ἐπικροτέω A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
- Isaiah 55:12 ἐπικροτέω For you⌃ shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
- Jeremiah 5:31 ἐπικροτέω the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will you⌃ do for the future.
- Amos 6:5 ἐπικροτέω who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as dwelling, not as fleeting pleasures;
About this word
About this word
ἐπικροτέω (epikrotéō), “clap, applaud,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 4 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
