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. Nehemiah 2:16 הָלַ֔כְתִּי ha.Lakh.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

  2. Nehemiah 2:17 לְכ֗וּ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  3. Nehemiah 5:9 תֵּלֵ֔כוּ te.Le.khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

  4. Nehemiah 6:2 לְכָ֞ה le.Khah · A command to you: simple action

    that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

  5. Nehemiah 6:7 לְכָ֔ה le.Khah · A command to you: simple action

    And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

  6. Nehemiah 6:17 הוֹלְכ֖וֹת hol.Khot · An -ing word: simple action

    Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

  7. Nehemiah 8:10 לְכוּ֩ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

  8. Nehemiah 8:12 וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

  9. Nehemiah 9:12 יֵֽלְכוּ־ ye.le.khu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

  10. Nehemiah 9:19 יֵֽלְכוּ־ ye.le.khu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

  11. Nehemiah 10:29 לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

  12. Nehemiah 12:32 וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

  13. Nehemiah 12:38 הַהוֹלֶ֥כֶת ha.ho.Le.khet · An -ing word: simple action

    And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall,

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