Greek · Strong's G4198 · Verb

πορεύω

poreuō

to travel

153times used
146verses
13books

How it's translated

Definition

πορεύω,

(πόρος, a ford, a passage), [in LXX chiefly for הלךְ ;]

in cl. (the act. becomes obsolete in late Gk.; see M, Pr., 162), to cause to go over, carry, convey. Mid. (always in LXX and NT), ־ομαι, to go, proceed, go on one's way: with accusative, ὁδόν, Act.8:39; before ἐκεῖθεν, Mat.19:15; ἐντεῦθεν, Luk.13:31; ἀπό, Mat.25:41, Luk.4:42; εἰς, Mat.2:20, Mrk.16:12, Luk.1:39, Jhn.7:35, al; εἰς εἰρήνην (cf. 1Ki.1:17). Luk.7:50; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Act.16:36; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.22:9, Act.25:12, al; ἕως, Act.23:23…

The forms it takes

Tense

  • Present 52% ongoing or repeated action
  • Aorist 34% a whole action, seen as complete
  • Imperfect 9% ongoing action in the past
  • Future 4% something still to come
  • Perfect 1% done, and still standing

Mood and form

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Its meaning group

Linear Movement › Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send 41% of uses

Linear Movement › Move, Come/Go 29% of uses

Linear Movement › Travel, Journey 25% of uses

Behavior and Related States › Behavior, Conduct 6% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

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Every verse

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