הָלַךְ

ha.lakh · to go: went

Hebrew · Strong's H1980 · Verb · Sounds like: haw-lak' · 1,549 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to go: went H1980G · a Meaning of 944
  • to go: walk H1980I 329
  • to go: follow H1980N · a Meaning of 82
  • to go: come! H1980K · a Meaning of 53
  • to go: come H1980H · a Meaning of 49
  • to go: continue H1980L · a Meaning of 41
  • to go: take H1980J · a Meaning of 37
  • to go: journey H1980M · a Meaning of 11
  • to go: send H1980O · a Meaning of 3

Strong's dictionary

akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הָלַךְ 1546 vb. go, come, walk
Qal Impf. usually (629 t.) as if from ילך
I. lit.
1. of persons
2. Also of animals, in similar meanings and combinations
3. in like manner of inanimate things
4. The inf. abs. is often used
a. as in other vbs., quite independently
b. to intensify meaning of finite form
c. most noteworthy is the joining of the Inf. abs.
(1). with a following Inf. abs. denoting a simutaneous action or process, and so emphasizing duration or continuance
(2). with a foll. vb. fin. c. ו consec. (rare)
(3). in cases where vb. fin. is foll. by Inf. abs. adj. denoting progress, advance
(4). twice, where vb. fin. is not הלך, but another vb. denoting motion
(5). quite by itself
(6). 13 t. the Inf. abs. = Imv. & is followed by Pf. consec.
d. akin to the use of Inf. abs. are some instances of Pt.
5. In combination with other verbal forms
II. Fig.; the most common uses follow; in most the origin in a literal meaning is evident:
1. pass away, die
2. live (‘walk’), in general
3. of moral and religious life
4. other fig. uses
Pi. (chiefly poet. and late)
1. walk in or with a throng
2. also of walking about = living
3. depart, go entirely away
4. fig. of mode of life, action, etc.
Hithp. walk, walk about, move to and fro
Hiph.
1. lead, bring
2. lead away
3. carry, bring
4. fig. of influence on character
5.
a. cause to walk, go
b. cause to flow, run
c. cause to depart, retire, go back

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 2:14 הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ ha.ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

  2. Genesis 3:8 מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ mit.ha.Lekh · An -ing word: doing it to oneself

    And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

  3. Genesis 3:14 תֵלֵ֔ךְ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

  4. Genesis 4:8 נֵלְכָה ne.le.Khah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  5. Genesis 5:22 וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ vai.yit.ha.Lekh · An action: doing it to oneself, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  6. Genesis 5:24 וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ vai.yit.ha.Lekh · An action: doing it to oneself, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  7. Genesis 6:9 הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־ hit.ha.lekh- · An action: doing it to oneself, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

  8. Genesis 7:18 וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ va.Te.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

  9. Genesis 8:3 הָל֣וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

  10. Genesis 8:5 הָל֣וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

  11. Genesis 9:23 וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ vai.yel.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

  12. Genesis 11:31 לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

  13. Genesis 12:1 לֶךְ־ lekh- · A command to you: simple action

    Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

  14. Genesis 12:4 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  15. Genesis 12:4 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  16. Genesis 12:5 לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

  17. Genesis 12:9 הָל֥וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

  18. Genesis 12:19 וָלֵֽךְ׃ va.Lekh · A command to you: simple action

    why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  19. Genesis 13:3 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,

  20. Genesis 13:5 הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ ha.ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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