🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G4198
G4198

πορεύομαι

poreúomai [por-yoo'-om-ahee] Verb
Core meaningto go

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G4198

to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);

KJV usage: --depart, go (away, forth, one's way, up), (make a, take a) journey, walk.
Etymology: middle voice from a derivative of the same as ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

also listed as a deponent, πορεύομαι, to go, pass from one place to another, Mt. 17:27; 18:12; to go away, depart, Mt. 24:1; 25:41; Jn. 14:2, 3; trop. to go away, depart, from life, to die, Lk. 22:22; to go, pass on one’s way, journey, travel, Mt. 2:8, 9; Lk. 1:39; 2:41; πορεύομαι ὀπίσω, to go after, to become a follower or partisan, Lk. 21:8; or, to pursue after, be devoted to, 2 Pet. 2:10; from the Hebrew, to go or proceed in any way or course of life, live in any manner, Lk. 1:6; 8:14; Acts 9:31

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