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יָלַךְ H3212
H3212 is the Hebrew word יָלַךְ, transliterated yâlak and said yaw-lak'. The King James Version most often renders it go.
What it means
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses).
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 755 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
Verses using יָלַךְ
The first 40 of 915 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:14 · KJV
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 7:18 · KJV
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 9:23 · KJV
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 11:31 · KJV
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 12:1 · KJV
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis 12:4 · KJV
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 12:5 · KJV
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 13:3 · KJV
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Genesis 16:8 · KJV
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Genesis 18:22 · KJV
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Genesis 18:33 · KJV
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 19:32 · KJV
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 21:14 · KJV
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:16 · KJV
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Genesis 21:19 · KJV
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 22:2 · KJV
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:3 · KJV
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Genesis 22:5 · KJV
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Genesis 22:6 · KJV
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8 · KJV
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:13 · KJV
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 22:19 · KJV
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
Genesis 24:4 · KJV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:5 · KJV
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
Genesis 24:8 · KJV
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:10 · KJV
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:38 · KJV
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis 24:39 · KJV
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Genesis 24:51 · KJV
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
Genesis 24:56 · KJV
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Genesis 24:58 · KJV
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Genesis 24:61 · KJV
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Genesis 25:22 · KJV
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
Genesis 25:34 · KJV
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 26:1 · KJV
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Genesis 26:13 · KJV
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
Genesis 26:16 · KJV
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Genesis 26:17 · KJV
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 26:31 · KJV
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis 27:5 · KJV
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3212 mean?
H3212 is the Hebrew word יָלַךְ (yâlak), meaning to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses).
How is H3212 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it go (258 times), went (246 times), come (59 times), walk (57 times), departed (41 times), among others.
How many times does H3212 appear in the Bible?
יָלַךְ (yâlak) is tagged in 915 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3212 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ)).
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