Journey
ὁδοιπορίαStrong’s G3597hodoiporia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hodoiporia is the Greek word usually translated “journey” and “journeyings”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”
Meaning
Usually translated “journey” and “journeyings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- journey 1
- in journeyings 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
ὁδοιπορία hodoiporia · journey
ὁδοιπορία, -ας, ἡ (see supr.), [in LXX : Wis.13:18 18:3 19:5, 1Ma.6:41 * ;] a journey. Jhn.4:6, 2Co.11:26.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “journey” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOURNEY, noun
jur'ny. [Latin diurnus, dies.]
- The travel of a day.
- Travel by land to any distance and for any time, indefinitely; as a journey from London to Paris, or to Rome; a journey to visit a brother; a week's journey; we made two journeys to Philadelphia.
- Passage form one place to another; as a long journey from the upper regions.
- It may sometimes include a passing by water.
All definitions and other forms of “journey”
JOURNEY, verb intransitive
jur'ny. To travel form place to place; to pass from home to a distance.
- “Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south” Genesis 12:9
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.