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. Genesis 2:14הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ · runs along
    The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
  2. Genesis 3:8מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · walking
    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  3. Genesis 3:14תֵלֵ֔ךְ · {will} you go
    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
  4. Genesis 5:22וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ · walked
    And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
  5. Genesis 5:24וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · walked
    Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
  6. Genesis 6:9הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־ · walked
    This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  7. Genesis 7:18וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ · and
    So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
  8. Genesis 8:3הָל֣וֹךְ · steadily
    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  9. Genesis 8:5הָל֣וֹךְ · continued
    And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
  10. Genesis 9:23וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ · and walking
    Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
  11. Genesis 11:31לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · for
    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
  12. Genesis 12:1לֶךְ־ · Leave
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
  13. Genesis 12:4וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · departed; וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · went
    So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
  14. Genesis 12:5לָלֶ֙כֶת֙
    And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
  15. Genesis 12:9הָל֥וֹךְ
    And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
  16. Genesis 12:19וָלֵֽךְ׃ · and go
    Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
  17. Genesis 13:3וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ · he journeyed
    From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
  18. Genesis 13:5הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ · who was traveling
    Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
  19. Genesis 13:17הִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ · and walk
    Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
  20. Genesis 14:11וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ · and they went on their way
    The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
  21. Genesis 14:12וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ
    They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
  22. Genesis 14:24הָלְכ֖וּ · went
    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
  23. Genesis 15:2הוֹלֵ֣ךְ · remain
    But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  24. Genesis 16:8תֵלֵ֑כִי · are you going
    “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
  25. Genesis 17:1הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · Walk
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  26. Genesis 18:16הֹלֵ֥ךְ · walked along
    When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
  27. Genesis 18:22וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ · and went
    And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
  28. Genesis 18:33וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · He departed
    When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
  29. Genesis 19:2וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣ם · and go
    …and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
  30. Genesis 19:32לְכָ֨ה · Come
    Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
  31. Genesis 21:14וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ · She left
    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
  32. Genesis 21:16וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ · Then she went off
    Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
  33. Genesis 21:19וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ · So she went
    Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
  34. Genesis 22:2וְלֶךְ־ · and go
    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
  35. Genesis 22:3וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ
    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  36. Genesis 22:5נֵלְכָ֖ה · will go
    “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
  37. Genesis 22:6וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · of them walked on
    Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
  38. Genesis 22:8וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · walked on
    Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
  39. Genesis 22:13וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · went
    Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
  40. Genesis 22:19וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · and set out
    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
  41. Genesis 24:4תֵּלֵ֑ךְ · will go
    …but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
  42. Genesis 24:5לָלֶ֥כֶת · to follow me
    The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
  43. Genesis 24:8לָלֶ֣כֶת · to follow
    And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
  44. Genesis 24:10וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ · and departed; וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ
    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
  45. Genesis 24:38תֵּלֵ֖ךְ · you shall go
    …but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
  46. Genesis 24:39תֵלֵ֥ךְ · come
    Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
  47. Genesis 24:40הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי · I have walked
    And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
  48. Genesis 24:42הֹלֵ֥ךְ
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!