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
- Deuteronomy 28:14לָלֶ֗כֶת · and do not goDo not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 28:36יוֹלֵ֨ךְ · will bringThe LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:41יֵלְכ֖וּ · they will goYou will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
- Deuteronomy 29:5וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ · I ledFor forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Deuteronomy 29:18לָלֶ֣כֶת · to goMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- Deuteronomy 29:19אֵלֵ֑ךְ · I walk…because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Deuteronomy 29:26וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ · They wentThey went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
- Deuteronomy 30:16לָלֶ֣כֶת · to walkFor I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 31:1וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ · had finishedWhen Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel,
- Deuteronomy 31:6הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ · goesBe strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Deuteronomy 31:8הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ · goesThe LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
- Deuteronomy 31:14וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · wentThen the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
- Joshua 1:7תֵּלֵֽךְ׃ · you goAbove all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:9תֵּלֵֽךְ׃פ · you goHave I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Joshua 1:16נֵלֵֽךְ׃ · we will goSo they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
- Joshua 2:1לְכ֛וּ · Go; וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ · So they wentThen Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Joshua 2:5הָלְכ֖וּ · wentAt dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
- Joshua 2:16לֵּ֔כוּ · Go; תֵּלְכ֥וּ · go“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
- Joshua 2:21וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ · And when they had gone“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
- Joshua 2:22וַיֵּלְכוּ֙So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
- Joshua 3:3וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם · and follow…and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
- Joshua 3:4תֵּֽלְכוּ־ · to goBut keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
- Joshua 3:6וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ · and wentAnd he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
- Joshua 4:18וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · and overflowedWhen the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
- Joshua 5:6הָלְכ֣וּ · had wanderedFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Joshua 5:13וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · approachedNow when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
- Joshua 6:8הֹלֵ֖ךְ · followedAfter Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
- Joshua 6:9הֹלֵ֔ךְ · marched; הֹלֵךְ֙ · followed; הָל֖וֹךְWhile the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
- Joshua 6:13הֹלְכִ֣ים · kept marching; הָל֔וֹךְ; הֹלֵ֣ךְ · went; הֹלֵךְ֙ · followed; הוֹלֵךְ · keptAnd the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
- Joshua 8:9וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ · and they wentSo Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- Joshua 8:13וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · wentSo the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
- Joshua 8:35הַהֹלֵ֥ךְ · who livedThere was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
- Joshua 9:4וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ · and set out…acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
- Joshua 9:6וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ · They wentThey went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
- Joshua 9:11וּלְכ֖וּ · goSo the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
- Joshua 9:12לָלֶ֣כֶת · to comeThis bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But look, it is now dry and moldy.
- Joshua 10:24הֶהָלְכ֣וּא · who had accompaniedWhen they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
- Joshua 14:10הָלַ֥ךְ · wanderedNow behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Joshua 16:8יֵלֵ֨ךְ · wentFrom Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
- Joshua 17:7וְהָלַ֤ךְ · thenNow the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
- Joshua 18:4וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ · to surveyAppoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
- Joshua 18:8וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ · to go outAs the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”