Usually translated as
go, walk, come, depart, get, follow, along, continually, run, forward, lead, march, be conversant, greater, speedily, be weak, apace, be eased, enter, exercise, grow, be wont to haunt, more and more, on, pass, be at the point, spread, still, behave, forth, move, needs, quite, send, surely, tale-bearer, travel, traveller, wander, wax, faring man, wayfaring man, whirl
Occurrences
Hâlak occurs 1,543 times in 1,344 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (113), Exodus (62), Leviticus (18), Numbers (37), Deuteronomy (52), Joshua (39), Judges (89), Ruth (14), 1 Samuel (111), 2 Samuel (78), 1 Kings (106), 2 Kings (88), 1 Chronicles (22), 2 Chronicles (49), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (14), Esther (3), Job (29), Psalms (66), Proverbs (37), Ecclesiastes (25), Song of Songs (7), Isaiah (53), Jeremiah (103), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (51), Daniel (3), Hosea (22), Joel (3), Amos (9), Jonah (6), Micah (9), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (10), Malachi (2)
- Genesis 2:14 — And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth (הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ) toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
- Genesis 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking (מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ) in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go (תֵלֵ֔ךְ), and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 5:22 — And Enoch walked (וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ) with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:24 — And Enoch walked (וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ) with God: and he was not; for God took him.
- Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked (הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ) with God.
- Genesis 7:18 — And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went (וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ) upon the face of the waters.
- Genesis 8:3 — And the waters returned from off the earth continually (הָל֣וֹךְ): and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
- Genesis 8:5 — And the waters decreased continually (הָל֣וֹךְ) until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went (וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙) backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go (לָלֶ֙כֶת֙) into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out (לֶךְ) of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Genesis 12:4 — So Abram departed (וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ), as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went (וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ) with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:5 — And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go (לָלֶ֙כֶת֙) into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 12:9 — And Abram journeyed, going on (הָל֥וֹךְ) still toward the south.
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way (וָלֵֽךְ).
- Genesis 13:3 — And he went (וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙) on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
- Genesis 13:5 — And Lot also, which went (הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ) with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
- Genesis 13:17 — Arise, walk (הִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ) through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
- Genesis 14:11 — And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way (וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ).
- Genesis 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed (וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ).
- Genesis 14:24 — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went (הָלְכ֖וּ) with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 15:2 — And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go (הוֹלֵ֣ךְ) childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
- Genesis 16:8 — And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go (תֵלֵ֑כִי)? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Genesis 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk (הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ) before me, and be thou perfect.
- Genesis 18:16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went (הֹלֵ֥ךְ) with them to bring them on the way.
- Genesis 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went (וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ) toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- Genesis 18:33 — And the LORD went his way (וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ), as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Genesis 19:2 — And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go (וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣ם) on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Genesis 19:32 — Come (לְכָ֨ה), let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 21:14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed (וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ), and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 21:16 — And she went (וַתֵּלֶךְ֩), and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
- Genesis 21:19 — And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went (וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ), and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
- Genesis 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get (וְלֶךְ) thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 22:3 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went (וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ) unto the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:5 — And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go (נֵלְכָ֖ה) yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went (וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ) both of them together.
- Genesis 22:8 — And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went (וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ) both of them together.
- Genesis 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went (וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ) and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
- Genesis 22:19 — So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went (וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ) together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 24:4 — But thou shalt go (תֵּלֵ֑ךְ) unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
- Genesis 24:5 — And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow (לָלֶ֥כֶת) me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
- Genesis 24:8 — And if the woman will not be willing to follow (לָלֶ֣כֶת) thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
- Genesis 24:10 — And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed (וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ); for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 24:10 — And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went (וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ) to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 24:38 — But thou shalt go (תֵּלֵ֖ךְ) unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
- Genesis 24:39 — And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow (תֵלֵ֥ךְ) me.
- Genesis 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk (הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי), will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- Genesis 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go (הֹלֵ֥ךְ):