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. Joshua 1:7 תֵּלֵֽךְ׃ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.

  2. Joshua 1:9 תֵּלֵֽךְ׃ פ te.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  3. Joshua 1:16 נֵלֵֽךְ׃ ne.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

  4. Joshua 2:1 לְכ֛וּ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

  5. Joshua 2:1 וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ vai.Ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

  6. Joshua 2:5 הָלְכ֖וּ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

  7. Joshua 2:16 לֵּ֔כוּ Le.khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

  8. Joshua 2:16 תֵּלְכ֥וּ te.le.Khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

  9. Joshua 2:21 וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ vai.ye.Le.khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

  10. Joshua 2:22 וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

  11. Joshua 3:3 וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם va.ha.lakh.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

  12. Joshua 3:4 תֵּֽלְכוּ־ te.le.khu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

  13. Joshua 3:6 וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  14. Joshua 4:18 וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

  15. Joshua 5:6 הָלְכ֣וּ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  16. Joshua 5:13 וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

  17. Joshua 6:8 הֹלֵ֖ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

  18. Joshua 6:9 הֹלֵ֔ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

  19. Joshua 6:9 הֹלֵךְ֙ ho.leKh · An -ing word: simple action

    And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

  20. Joshua 6:9 הָל֖וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

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