הָלַךְ
hâlak · haw-lak'
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: akin to H3212 (יָלַךְ); a primitive root;
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
To reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָלַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1549 occurrences · 1549 OT · 0 NT · 673 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- went34 · 19%
- go16 · 9%
- walked14 · 8%
- and go10 · 6%
- and walk9 · 5%
- walketh9 · 5%
- that walketh8 · 5%
- walking7 · 4%
- that went7 · 4%
- walk6 · 3%
- and walked6 · 3%
- on6 · 3%
- waxed4 · 2%
- goeth4 · 2%
- continually4 · 2%
- shall go4 · 2%
- he that walketh4 · 2%
- whithersoever he went4 · 2%
- hath walked3 · 2%
- that walk3 · 2%
- and went3 · 2%
- and they went3 · 2%
- that go3 · 2%
- going3 · 2%
- which went3 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis122
- Exodus73
- Leviticus20
- Numbers45
- Deuteronomy53
- Joshua51
- Judges111
- Ruth18
- 1 Samuel138
- 2 Samuel98
- 1 Kings122
- 2 Kings99
- 1 Chronicles23
- 2 Chronicles52
- Ezra3
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.