Hebrew · Strong's H1980 · Verb

הָלַךְ

ha·lakh

to go: went

944times used

831verses

33books

How it's translated

and he went155
go129
and they went73
to go31
and go24
and she went23
i will go21
you will go17

Definition

: went/go[away]

1) to go, walk, come

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to walk

1b2) to walk (fig.)

The forms it takes

Stem

Qal 91% simple action
Hithpael 4% doing it to yourself, or again and again
Hiphil 3% causing someone to do it
Piel 2% intensive, or bringing about a state
Niphal <1% passive or reflexive

Form

Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 26% and then …: the storyteller’s past
Imperfect (yiqtol) 20% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
Imperative 16% a command
Infinitive 12% “to …”, or for emphasis
Participle 11% one who is doing
Perfect (qatal) 11% a complete action, usually past

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

πορεύω poreuō · to travel 80%
ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai · to go away 11%
δεῦρο deuro · come 3%
δεῦτε deute · come 2%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

1 Samuel88
Genesis77
Judges71
1 Kings70
2 Samuel64
2 Kings61
Jeremiah61
Exodus52
Joshua26
Numbers25

…and 23 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.