KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To spring, jump, bound, or move suddenly. Sense 2: Of breeding animals, to mount.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 31:12
Complete exact-word concordance
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
And hee said, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see, all the rammes which leape vpon the cattell are ring-straked, speckled and grisled: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee.
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Yet these may ye eat, of euery flying creeping thing that goeth vpon all foure, which haue legges aboue their feet, to leape withall vpon the earth.
¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a Lyons whelpe: hee shall leape from Bashan.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Out of his mouth goe burning lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
Why leape ye, ye high hilles? this is the Hil which God desireth to dwell in, yea the LORD will dwel in it for euer.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Then shall the lame man leape as an Hart, and the tongue of the dumbe sing: for in the wildernesse shall waters breake out, and streames in the desert.
1611 marginal noteMatth.11 5. and 15.30. and 21.14. ioh. 5.8, 9 acts 3.2. and 8.7 and 14.8.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 9.32. and 12.22. and 15.30.
1611 marginal noteIoh.7.38.39.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Like the noise of charets on the tops of mountaines shall they leape, like the noise of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, as a strong people, set in battell aray.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
In the same day also wil I punish all those that leape on the threshold, which fill their masters houses with violence and deceit.
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Reioice yee in that day, and leape for ioy: for behold, your reward is great in heauen for in the like maner did their fathers vnto the Prophets.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To spring or rise from the ground with both feet, as man, or with all the feet, as other animals; to jump; to vault.
