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הָלַךְ

ha.lakhto go: wentHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,548 occurrences37 books1,346 verses

Definition

akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Traditional renderings: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הָלַךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,548 total
  1. 1 Kings 17:3לֵ֣ךְ · Leave
    “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  2. 1 Kings 17:5וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · and he went; וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ
    So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  3. 1 Kings 17:9לֵ֤ךְ · [and] go
    “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
  4. 1 Kings 17:10וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · and went
    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
  5. 1 Kings 17:11וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ · And as she was going
    And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
  6. 1 Kings 17:15וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ · So she went
    So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
  7. 1 Kings 18:1לֵ֚ךְ · Go
    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
  8. 1 Kings 18:2וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ · went
    So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
  9. 1 Kings 18:5לֵ֤ךְ · Go
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  10. 1 Kings 18:6הָלַ֨ךְ · went; הָלַ֥ךְ · went
    So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
  11. 1 Kings 18:8לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    “It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
  12. 1 Kings 18:11לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
  13. 1 Kings 18:12אֵלֵ֣ךְ · leave
    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  14. 1 Kings 18:14לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
  15. 1 Kings 18:16וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · went; וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · went
    So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
  16. 1 Kings 18:18וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ · and have followed
    “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  17. 1 Kings 18:21לְכ֣וּ · follow; לְכ֣וּ · follow
    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  18. 1 Kings 18:35וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ · ran down
    So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
  19. 1 Kings 18:45וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · and went
    Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
  20. 1 Kings 19:3וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · and ran
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  21. 1 Kings 19:4הָלַ֤ךְ · went
    …while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
  22. 1 Kings 19:8וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ · he walked
    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  23. 1 Kings 19:15לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
  24. 1 Kings 19:19וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · So Elijah departed
    So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  25. 1 Kings 19:20וְאֵלְכָ֖ה · and then I will follow; לֵ֣ךְ · Go on
    So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
  26. 1 Kings 19:21וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ · to follow
    So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
  27. 1 Kings 20:9וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ · departed
    So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
  28. 1 Kings 20:22לֵ֣ךְ · Go
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  29. 1 Kings 20:27וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ · and marched out
    The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
  30. 1 Kings 20:36הוֹלֵךְ֙ · you depart; וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ · And when he left
    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  31. 1 Kings 20:38וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ · went
    …and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
  32. 1 Kings 20:43וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · went
    Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
  33. 1 Kings 21:26לָלֶ֖כֶת · by going
    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
  34. 1 Kings 21:27וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ · and walked around
    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
  35. 1 Kings 22:4הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ · Will you go
    So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
  36. 1 Kings 22:6הַאֵלֵ֞ךְ · Should I go
    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  37. 1 Kings 22:13הָלַ֣ךְ׀ · had gone
    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
  38. 1 Kings 22:15הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ · should we go
    When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  39. 1 Kings 22:43וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ · And [Jehoshaphat] walked
    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  40. 1 Kings 22:48לָלֶ֧כֶת · to go; הָלָ֑ךְ · set sail
    Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
  41. 1 Kings 22:49יֵלְכ֧וּ · sail
    At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
  42. 1 Kings 22:52וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ · and walked
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
  43. 2 Kings 1:2לְכ֣וּ · Go
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”