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 3:14 הָלַ֖ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    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.

  2. 1 Kings 6:12 תֵּלֵ֤ךְ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

  3. 1 Kings 6:12 לָלֶ֣כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

  4. 1 Kings 8:23 הַהֹלְכִ֥ים ha.ho.le.Khim · An -ing word: simple action

    and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;

  5. 1 Kings 8:25 לָלֶ֣כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

  6. 1 Kings 8:25 הָלַ֖כְתָּ ha.Lakh.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

  7. 1 Kings 8:36 יֵֽלְכוּ־ ye.le.khu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

  8. 1 Kings 8:58 לָלֶ֣כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

  9. 1 Kings 8:61 לָלֶ֧כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

  10. 1 Kings 8:66 וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.

  11. 1 Kings 9:4 תֵּלֵ֣ךְ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

  12. 1 Kings 9:4 הָלַ֜ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

  13. 1 Kings 9:6 וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם va.ha.lakh.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  14. 1 Kings 10:13 וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ va.Te.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  15. 1 Kings 11:5 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  16. 1 Kings 11:10 לֶ֔כֶת Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded.

  17. 1 Kings 11:21 וְאֵלֵ֥ךְ ve.'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

  18. 1 Kings 11:22 לָלֶ֣כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit only let me depart.

  19. 1 Kings 11:24 וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

  20. 1 Kings 11:33 הָלְכ֣וּ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

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