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.
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
Occurrences
1,548 total
- 1 Chronicles 6:15הָלַ֔ךְ · went [into captivity]Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 1 Chronicles 11:4וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · marchedThen David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
- 1 Chronicles 11:9וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · became; הָל֣וֹךְ · greaterAnd David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.
- 1 Chronicles 12:20בְּלֶכְתּ֣וֹ · When David wentWhen David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25הַהֹֽלְכִ֗ים · wentSo David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 16:20וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכוּ֙ · they wandered…they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- 1 Chronicles 16:43וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · departedThen all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4לֵ֤ךְ · Go“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֮ · My journeysIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:8הָלַ֔כְתָּ · you have goneI have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11לָלֶ֣כֶת · and you go [to be]And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21הָלַ֨ךְ · went outAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ · who had marched outAs far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6הָלָֽךְ׃ · he wentThen he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 18:13הָלָֽךְ׃ · he wentHe placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 19:5וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ · When [someone] cameWhen someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:2לְכ֗וּ · GoSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:4וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙ · and traveledNevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:10לֵךְ֩ · Go“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
- 1 Chronicles 21:30לָלֶ֥כֶת · go…but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 1:3וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ · wentAnd Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 6:14הַהֹלְכִ֥ים · who walk…and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
- 2 Chronicles 6:16לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · to walk; הָלַ֖כְתָּ · you have walkedTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:27יֵֽלְכוּ־ · they should walk…then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:31לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · and walk…so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17תֵּלֵ֣ךְ · you walk; הָלַךְ֙ · walkedAnd as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- 2 Chronicles 7:19וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם · and if you go offBut if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
- 2 Chronicles 8:3וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · wentThen Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17הָלַ֨ךְ · wentThen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 9:12וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ · and returnedKing Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21הֹלְכ֣וֹת · that wentFor the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 10:1וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · wentThen Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 10:5וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ · departedRehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · wentWhen all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
- 2 Chronicles 11:4מִלֶּ֥כֶת · from going…that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · and wentFor the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 11:17הָֽלְכ֗וּ · they walkedSo they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 16:3לֵ֞ךְ · Now go“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
- 2 Chronicles 17:3הָלַ֗ךְ · he walkedNow the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
- 2 Chronicles 17:4הָלָ֑ךְ · and walked…but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12הֹלֵ֥ךְ · grew strongerJehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
- 2 Chronicles 18:3הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ · Will you goAhab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:5הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ · Should we goSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:12הָלַ֣ךְ׀ · had goneThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:14הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ · should we goWhen 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 they will be delivered into your hand.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:32וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ · And [Jehoshaphat] walkedAnd Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36לָלֶ֣כֶת · to goThey agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.