Definition

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ));

Word family

• הָלַךְ hâlak

How the KJV renders it

• again
• away
• bear
• bring
• carry (away)
• come (away)
• depart
• flow
• follow(-ing)
• get (away
• hence
• him)
• (cause to
• made) go (away
• -ing
• -ne
• one's way
• out)
• grow
• lead (forth)
• let down
• march
• prosper
• pursue
• cause to run
• spread
• take away (-journey)
• vanish
• (cause to) walk(-ing)
• wax
• be weak

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.