Hebrew · Strong's H1980 · Verb

הָלַךְ

ha·lakh

to go: walk

329times used

305verses

31books

How it's translated

to walk26
and he walked16
you will walk11
he walked11
they walked9
one who walks9
they will walk6
and they walked5

Definition

: walk/move

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

Psalms37
1 Kings25
Isaiah22
Ezekiel21
Proverbs20
2 Chronicles18
Leviticus15
Deuteronomy15
2 Kings15
Jeremiah15

…and 21 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.