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. Hosea 1:2 לֵ֣ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.

  2. Hosea 1:3 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son.

  3. Hosea 2:5 אֵלְכָ֞ה 'e.le.Khah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

  4. Hosea 2:7 אֵלְכָ֤ה 'e.le.Khah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

  5. Hosea 2:13 וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ va.Te.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.

  6. Hosea 2:14 וְהֹֽלַכְתִּ֖יהָ ve.ho.lakh.Ti.ha · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

  7. Hosea 3:1 לֵ֣ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

  8. Hosea 5:6 יֵֽלְכ֛וּ ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  9. Hosea 5:11 הָלַ֖ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man's command.

  10. Hosea 5:13 וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

  11. Hosea 5:14 וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ ve.'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

  12. Hosea 5:15 אֵלֵ֤ךְ 'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

  13. Hosea 6:1 לְכוּ֙ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  14. Hosea 6:4 הֹלֵֽךְ׃ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

  15. Hosea 7:11 הָלָֽכוּ׃ ha.La.khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  16. Hosea 7:12 יֵלֵ֗כוּ ye.Le.khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

  17. Hosea 9:6 הָֽלְכוּ֙ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

  18. Hosea 11:2 הָלְכ֣וּ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

  19. Hosea 11:10 יֵלְכ֖וּ ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

  20. Hosea 13:3 הֹלֵ֑ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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