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
- Amos 3:3הֲיֵלְכ֥וּ · walkCan two walk together without agreeing where to go?
- Amos 6:2וּלְכ֥וּ · goCross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
- Amos 7:12לֵ֥ךְ · Go awayAnd Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
- Amos 7:15לֵ֥ךְ · GoBut the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Amos 9:4יֵלְכ֤וּ · they are drivenThough they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
- Jonah 1:2לֵ֧ךְ · Go“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Jonah 1:7לְכוּ֙ · Come“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
- Jonah 1:11הוֹלֵ֥ךְ · was growing worseNow the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
- Jonah 1:13הוֹלֵ֥ךְ · more and moreNevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
- Jonah 3:2לֵ֥ךְ · Go“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- Jonah 3:3וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ · and wentThis time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Micah 1:8אֵילְכָ֥ה · I will walkBecause of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
- Micah 2:3תֵֽלְכוּ֙ · walkTherefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
- Micah 2:7הוֹלֵֽךְ׃ · who walksShould it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
- Micah 2:10וּלְכ֔וּ · and departArise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
- Micah 2:11הֹלֵ֥ךְ · were to comeIf a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- Micah 4:2וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ · will come; לְכ֣וּ׀ · Come; וְנֵלְכָ֖ה · so that we may walkAnd many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Micah 4:5יֵלְכ֕וּ · may walk; נֵלֵ֛ךְ · will walkThough all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- Micah 6:8לֶ֖כֶת · and to walkHe has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 6:16וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ · you have followedYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Nahum 2:11הָלַךְ֩ · prowledWhere is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
- Nahum 3:10הָלְכָ֣ה · she wentYet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
- Habakkuk 1:6הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ · which marchesFor behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- Habakkuk 3:5יֵ֣לֶךְ · wentPlague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
- Habakkuk 3:11יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ · of Your flyingSun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Zephaniah 1:17וְהָֽלְכוּ֙ · that they will walkI will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
- Zechariah 1:10לְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ · to patrolThen the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
- Zechariah 1:11הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ · We have patrolledAnd the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
- Zechariah 2:2הֹלֵ֑ךְ · going“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
- Zechariah 3:7תֵּלֵךְ֙ · you walk“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
- Zechariah 5:10מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹת · taking“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 6:7לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · to go; לְהִתְהַלֵּ֣ך · [and] patrol; לְכ֖וּ · Go; הִתְהַלְּכ֣וּ · [and] patrol; וַתִּתְהַלַּ֖כְנָה · So they patrolledAs the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.
- Zechariah 8:21וְֽהָלְכ֡וּ · city will go; נֵלְכָ֤ה · Let us go; הָלוֹךְ֙; אֵלְכָ֖ה · am going…and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
- Zechariah 8:23נֵֽלְכָה֙ · Let us goThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- Zechariah 9:14וְהָלַ֖ךְ · and advanceThen the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
- Zechariah 10:12יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ · they will walkI will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- Malachi 2:6הָלַ֣ךְ · He walkedTrue instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
- Malachi 3:14הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ · and walkingYou have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?