Strong H1980H1980Nהָלַךְ

to go: follow

One of the 9 senses of Strong H1980

Transliteration
hâlak
Pronunciation
haw-lak'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: follow/behind/go[after
1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

General definition

Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively): - (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} X 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} X be {weak} whirl.

In the Bible

Strong H1980N appears in 23 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • follow7
  • walk6
  • go5
  • travelleth2
  • followed1
  • goeth1
  • walketh1

First verses

  1. Genesis 32:19
    And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:3
    Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
  3. Deuteronomy 8:19
    And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
  4. Joshua 3:3
    And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
  5. Joshua 6:8
    And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.
  6. Ruth 2:9
    Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
  7. 1 Samuel 6:12
    And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.
  8. 1 Samuel 17:14
    And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
  9. 1 Samuel 25:27
    And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
  10. 2 Samuel 3:31
    And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
  11. 1 Kings 14:8
    And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
  12. Proverbs 6:11
    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  13. Proverbs 7:22
    He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  14. Proverbs 24:34
    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  15. Jeremiah 2:8
    The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
  16. Jeremiah 2:23
    How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  17. Jeremiah 7:9
    Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
  18. Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
  19. Jeremiah 11:10
    They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
  20. Jeremiah 16:12
    And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
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