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. Isaiah 22:15 לֶךְ־ lekh- · A command to you: simple action

    Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

  2. Isaiah 26:20 לֵ֤ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

  3. Isaiah 28:13 יֵלְכ֜וּ ye.le.Khu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

  4. Isaiah 30:2 הַהֹלְכִים֙ ha.ho.le.Khim · An -ing word: simple action

    that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

  5. Isaiah 30:21 לְכ֣וּ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

  6. Isaiah 30:29 כַּֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ ka.ho.leKh · An -ing word: simple action

    Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.

  7. Isaiah 33:15 הֹלֵ֣ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  8. Isaiah 33:21 תֵּ֤לֶךְ Te.lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

  9. Isaiah 35:8 הֹלֵ֥ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

  10. Isaiah 35:9 וְהָלְכ֖וּ ve.ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

  11. Isaiah 37:37 וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

  12. Isaiah 38:3 הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי hit.ha.Lakh.ti · An action: doing it to oneself, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  13. Isaiah 38:5 הָל֞וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

  14. Isaiah 38:10 אֵלֵ֖כָה 'e.Le.khah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

  15. Isaiah 40:31 יֵלְכ֖וּ ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

  16. Isaiah 42:5 לַהֹלְכִ֥ים la.ho.le.Khim · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

  17. Isaiah 42:16 וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י ve.ho.lakh.Ti · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

  18. Isaiah 42:24 הָל֔וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.

  19. Isaiah 43:2 תֵלֵ֤ךְ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

  20. Isaiah 45:2 אֵלֵ֔ךְ 'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

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