הָלַךְ halakh

Hebrew word for “to go” · Strong’s H1980 · used 1,547 times in 1,346 verses

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Meaning

: went/go[away]; 1) to go, walk, come;

Senses in the lexicon

• to go: went (942)
• to go: walk (329)
• to go: follow (82)
• to go: come! (53)
• to go: come (49)
• to go: continue (41)
• to go: take (37)
• to go: journey (11)
• to go: send (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for halakh in context, with how often each is used:

• went 362
• go 236
• will go 132
• going 67
• walked 65
• walk 59
• come 46
• will walk 45
• walking 34
• come ! 31
• have walked 26
• us go 17

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 22 (15), Judges 9 (15), Genesis 24 (14), Judges 19 (14), 1 Samuel 23 (13), 1 Kings 18 (13), 1 Samuel 17 (12), Judges 18 (11), 2 Samuel 13 (11), Leviticus 26 (10)

Forms

• וילך 224
• הלך 117
• וילכו 105
• לך 91
• ללכת 84
• לכו 68
• ילכו 52
• הלכו 51
• הולך 40
• תלך 34

Words used with it

Words that share verses with halakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 183
• אַחַר achar “after” 114
• דָּוִד david “David” 117
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 115
• עִם im “with” 109
• קוּם qum “to arise” 95
• שָׁם sham “there” 97
• אֵת et “with” 99
• רָאָה raah “to see” 111
• אָב av “father” 104
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 93
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 94

Key verses

The verses using halakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 before me, and be thou perfect.
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:…
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
• Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.