To walk
περιπατέωStrong’s G4043peripateō
Appears in 89 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peripateō is the Greek word usually translated “walking”, “do walk” and “walk”. It appears in 89 verses of the New Testament.
“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”
Meaning
Usually translated “walking”, “do walk” and “walk”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- walking 22
- do walk 13
- to walk 11
- was walking 7
- are walking 6
- walk 4
- walked 4
- may walk 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 15
- Mark 9
- Matthew 7
- Acts 7
- Ephesians 7
- Luke 5
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11In contextFor we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
- 2 John 1:4In contextI rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
- 2 John 1:6In contextAnd this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
- 3 John 1:3In contextFor I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
- 3 John 1:4In contextI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
All 89 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
περιπατέω peripateō · to walk
περι-πατέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ pi., hith. ;] to walk: absol., Mat.9:5, Mrk.5:42, Luk.5:23, Jhn.1:36; with pred., γυμνός, Rev.16:15; ἐπάνω Luk.11:44; διά, with genitive, Rev.21:24; ἐν, Mrk.11:27 12:38, Jhn.7:1 11:54, Rev.2:1, al.; ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ, figuratively, Jhn.8:12 12:35, 1Jn.1:6-7 Jn 2:11; ἐπί, with genitive, Mat.14:26; id. with dative, Mat.14:25, 29; μετά, Jhn.6:66, Rev.3:4; παρά, with accusative, Mat.4:18. Metaphorical, of living, passing one's life, conducting oneself (like ἀναστρέφομαι in Xen., Plut., LXX, π.; M, Pro.11:1-31; Deiss., BS, 194) : ἀκριβῶς, Eph.5:15; ἀτάκτως, 2T …
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.]
- 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
- To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement.
- To appear, as a specter.
- To act on any occasion.
All definitions and other forms of “walk”
- To be in motion, as a clamorous tongue.
- To act or move on the feet in sleep.
- To range; to be stirring.
- To move off; to depart.
- In Scripture, to live and act or behave; to pursue a particular course of life.
WALK, verb transitive
wauk.
- To pass through or upon; as, to walk the streets. [This is elliptical for to walk in or through the street.]
- To cause to walk or step slowly; to lead, drive or ride with a slow pace.
WALK, noun
Wauk.
- The act of walking; the act of moving on the feet with a slow pace.
- The act of walking for air or exercise; as a morning walk; an evening walk
- Manner of walking; gait; step.
- 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.
- An avenue set with trees.
- Way; road; range; place of wandering.
- Region; space.
- Course of life or pursuit.
- The slowest pace of a horse, ox or other quadruped.
- A fish. [A mistake for whelk.]
- 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.