Track
ἴχνοςStrong’s G2487ichnos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ichnos is the Greek word usually translated “steps”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”
Meaning
Usually translated “steps”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- steps 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 12:18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
- 1 Peter 2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Greek dictionary
ἴχνος ichnos · track
ἴχνος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX for כַּף, etc. ;] a track, footstep: metaphorically (as frequently in cl.), στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴ., Rom.4:12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 2Co.12:18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 1Pe.2:21 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “track” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRACK, noun
- A mark left by something that has passed along; as the track of a ship, a wake; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or sleigh.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast.
- A road; a beaten path.
- Course; way; as the track of a comet.
All definitions and other forms of “track”
TRACK, verb transitive
To follow when guided by a trace, or by the footsteps, or marks of the feet; as, to track a deer in the snow.
- To tow; to draw a boat on the water in a canal.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.