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. 1 Kings 1:12 לְכִ֛י le.Khi · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

  2. 1 Kings 1:13 לְכִ֞י le.Khi · A command to you: simple action

    Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

  3. 1 Kings 1:38 וַיֹּלִ֥כוּ vai.yo.Li.khu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.

  4. 1 Kings 1:49 וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

  5. 1 Kings 1:50 וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

  6. 1 Kings 1:53 לֵ֥ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.

  7. 1 Kings 2:2 הֹלֵ֔ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

  8. 1 Kings 2:3 לָלֶ֤כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.

  9. 1 Kings 2:4 לָלֶ֤כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  10. 1 Kings 2:8 לֶכְתִּ֣י lekh.Ti · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

  11. 1 Kings 2:26 לֵ֣ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

  12. 1 Kings 2:29 לֵ֥ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

  13. 1 Kings 2:40 וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

  14. 1 Kings 2:40 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

  15. 1 Kings 2:41 הָלַ֨ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

  16. 1 Kings 2:42 וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ ve.ha.lakh.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good.

  17. 1 Kings 3:3 לָלֶ֕כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  18. 1 Kings 3:4 וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  19. 1 Kings 3:6 הָלַ֨ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  20. 1 Kings 3:14 תֵּלֵ֣ךְ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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