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To walk

πεζεύωStrong’s G3978

pezeuō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Pezeuō is the Greek word usually translated “go on foot”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.”
Acts 20:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “go on foot”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to go on foot 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    πεζεύω pezeuō · to walk

    πεζεύω (πεζός) to travel on foot or by land: Act.20:13.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “walk” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WALK, verb intransitive

    [G., to full, to felt hats; a fuller; to stir, to be agitated, to rove, to travel, to wander, to roll. Our ancestors appropriated the verb to moving on the feet, and the word is peculiarly expressive of that rolling or wagging motion which marks the walk of clownish people.]

    1. To move slowly on the feet; to step slowly along; to advance by steps moderately repeated; as animals.“At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon” Daniel 4:29“When Peter had come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus” Matthew 14:29
    2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement.
    3. To appear, as a specter.
    4. To act on any occasion.
    All definitions and other forms of “walk”
    1. To be in motion, as a clamorous tongue.
    2. To act or move on the feet in sleep.
    3. To range; to be stirring.
    4. To move off; to depart.
    5. In Scripture, to live and act or behave; to pursue a particular course of life.

    WALK, verb transitive

    wauk.

    1. To pass through or upon; as, to walk the streets. [This is elliptical for to walk in or through the street.]
    2. To cause to walk or step slowly; to lead, drive or ride with a slow pace.

    WALK, noun

    Wauk.

    1. The act of walking; the act of moving on the feet with a slow pace.
    2. The act of walking for air or exercise; as a morning walk; an evening walk
    3. Manner of walking; gait; step.
    4. Length of way or circuit through which one walks; or a place for walking; as a long walk; a short walk The gardens of the Tuilerie and of the Luxemburgh are very pleasant walks.
    5. An avenue set with trees.
    6. Way; road; range; place of wandering.
    7. Region; space.
    8. Course of life or pursuit.
    9. The slowest pace of a horse, ox or other quadruped.
    10. A fish. [A mistake for whelk.]
    11. In the West Indies, a plantation of canes, etc.

    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.