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Lexicon :: Strong's G4043 - peripateō

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περιπατέω
Transliteration
peripateō (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ee-pat-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
95x in 28 unique form(s) TR
96x in 31 unique form(s) LXX
26x in 18 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 5:940,804

Strong’s Definitions

περιπατέω peripatéō, per-ee-pat-eh'-o; from G4012 and G3961; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):—go, be occupied with, walk (about).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x

The KJV translates Strong's G4043 in the following manner: walk (93x), go (1x), walk about (1x), be occupied (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x
The KJV translates Strong's G4043 in the following manner: walk (93x), go (1x), walk about (1x), be occupied (1x).

  1. to walk

    1. to make one's way, progress; to make due use of opportunities

    2. Hebrew for, to live

      1. to regulate one's life

      2. to conduct one's self

      3. to pass one's life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιπατέω peripatéō, per-ee-pat-eh'-o; from G4012 and G3961; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):—go, be occupied with, walk (about).
STRONGS G4043:
περιπατέω, περιπατῶ; imperfect 2 person singular περιεπάτεις, 3 person περιεπάτει, plural περιεπάτουν; future περιπατήσω; 1 aorist περιεπάτησα; pluperfect 3 person singular περιεπεπατήκει (Acts 14:8 Rec.elz), and without the augment (cf. Winers Grammar, § 12, 9; (Buttmann, 33 (29))) περιπεπατήκει (ibid. Rec.st Griesbach); the Sept. for הָלַך; to walk; (walk about A. V. 1 Peter 5:8);
a. properly, (as in Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Josephus, Aelian, others): absolutely, Matthew 9:5; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 15:31; Mark 2:9 (Tdf. ὕπαγε; Mark 5:42; Mark 8:24; Mark 16:12; Luke 5:23; Luke 7:22; Luke 24:17; John 1:36; John 5:8f, 11; John 11:9; Acts 3:6, 8f, 12; Acts 14:8, 10; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 9:20; equivalent to to make one's way, make progress, in figurative discourse equivalent to to make a due use of opportunities, John 12:35a. with additions: γυμνός περιπατῇ, Revelation 16:15; ἐπάνω (τίνος), Luke 11:44; διά with the genitive of the thing, Revelation 21:24 (G L T Tr WH); ἐν with the dative of place, equivalent to to frequent, stay in, a place, Mark 11:27; John 7:1; John 10:23; Revelation 2:1; ἐν τισί, among persons, John 11:54; (περιεπάτεις ὅπου ἤθελες, of personal liberty, John 21:18); metaphorically, ἐν τῇ σκοτία, to be subject to error and sin, John 8:12; John 12:35b; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:11; ἐν with the dative of the garment one is clothed in, Mark 12:38; Luke 20:46; Revelation 3:4 (ἐν κοκκινοις, Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 10); ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης (Matthew 14:25 R G; 26 L T Tr WH; Mark 6:48, 49), see ἐπί, A. I. 1 a. and 2 a.; ἐπί τήν θαλασσην, ἐπί τά ὕδατα (Matthew 14:25 L T Tr WH, 26 R G, 29), see ἐπί, C. I. 1 a.; (παρά τήν θάλασσαν, Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16 Rec., see παρά, III. 1); μετά τίνος, to associate with one, to be one's companion, used of one's followers and votaries, John 6:66; Revelation 3:4.
b. Hebraistically, to live (cf. Winers Grammar, 32; common in Paul and John, but not found in James or in Peter (cf. ἀναστρέφω 3 b., ἀναστροφή)), i. e.
α. to regulate one's life, to conduct oneself (cf. ὁδός, 2 a., πορεύω, b. γ.): ἀξίως τίνος, Ephesians 4:1; Colossians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; εὐσχημόνως, Romans 13:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; ἀκριβῶς, Ephesians 5:15; ἀτάκτως, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 11; ὡς or καθώς τίς, Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 5:8, 15; οὕτω περιπατοῦντας καθώς, Philippians 3:17; (καθώς περιεπάτησεν... οὕτως περιπατεῖν, 1 John 2:6 (L Tr text WH omit οὕτω)); πῶς, καθώς, 1 Thessalonians 4:1; οὕτως, ὡς, 1 Corinthians 7:17; so that a nominative of quality must be sought from what follows, ἐχθροί τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Philippians 3:18. with a dative of the thing to which the life is given or consecrated: κώμοις, μέθαις, etc., Romans 13:13, cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., p. 140f; with a dative of the standard according to which one governs his life (cf. Fritzsche as above, p. 142; also Buttmann, § 133, 22 b.; Winer's Grammar, 219 (205)): Acts 21:21; Galatians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 12:18; followed by ἐν with a dative denoting either the state in which one is flying, or the virtue or vice to which he is given (cf. ἐν, I. 5 e., p. 210b bottom): Romans 6:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ephesians 2:2, 10; Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 5:2; Colossians 3:7; Colossians 4:5; 2 John 1:4, 6; 3 John 1:3f; ἐν βρώμασι, of those who have fellowship in the sacrificial feasts, Hebrews 13:9; ἐν Χριστῷ (see ἐν, I. 6 b.), to live a life conformed to the union entered into with Christ, Colossians 2:6; κατά with an accusative of the person or thing furnishing the standard of living (Mark 7:5); 2 John 1:6; κατά ἄνθρωπον, 1 Corinthians 3:3; κατά σάρκα, Romans 8:1 Rec., Romans 8:4; Romans 14:15; 2 Corinthians 10:2.
β. equivalent to to pass (one's) life: ἐν σαρκί, in the body, 2 Corinthians 10:3; διά πίστεως (see διά, A. I. 2), 2 Corinthians 5:7. (Compare: ἐμπεριπατέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:18; 9:5; 11:5; 14:25; 14:25; 15:31
Mark
1:16; 2:9; 5:42; 6:48; 6:49; 7:5; 8:24; 11:27; 12:38; 16:12
Luke
5:23; 7:22; 11:44; 20:46; 24:17
John
1:36; 5:8; 5:11; 6:66; 7:1; 8:12; 10:23; 11:9; 11:54; 12:35; 12:35; 21:18
Acts
3:6; 3:8; 3:12; 14:8; 14:8; 14:10; 21:21
Romans
6:4; 8:1; 8:4; 13:13; 13:13; 14:15
1 Corinthians
3:3; 7:17
2 Corinthians
4:2; 5:7; 10:2; 10:3; 12:18
Galatians
5:16
Ephesians
2:2; 2:10; 4:1; 4:17; 4:17; 5:2; 5:8; 5:15; 5:15
Philippians
3:17; 3:18
Colossians
1:10; 2:6; 3:7; 4:5
1 Thessalonians
2:12; 4:1; 4:12
2 Thessalonians
3:6; 3:11
Hebrews
13:9
1 Peter
5:8; 5:8
1 John
1:6; 2:6; 2:11
2 John
1:4; 1:6; 1:6
3 John
1:3
Revelation
2:1; 3:4; 3:4; 9:20; 16:15; 21:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4043 matches the Greek περιπατέω (peripateō),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool[fn] of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:3 - “Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - who alone stretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - It is drawn forth and comes out of his body;
the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder;
terrors come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:8 - On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
he rides on the wings of the wind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:7 - They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:17 - they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - When you walk, they[fn] will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 - Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the paths of justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that[fn] youth who was to stand in the king’s[fn] place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 - Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River,[fn] mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
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