Greek verb · G4043
περιπατέω
peripateoper-ee-pat-eh'-o
to walk
94 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: peripatéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4043is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 20 of 27New Testament books
- 32spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4043
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)
The King James renders it: go, be occupied with, walk (about).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
peripateo is rendered "to walk". It stands 94 times in the Greek text, across twenty books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.
The first use
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:18Περιπατῶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- walking21
- do walk11
- to walk11
- was walking7
- are walking5
- walked4
- may walk3
- walk3
- we may walk3
- shall walk2
- were walking2
- you may walk2
and 19 more, 94 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| περί | peri | about | Uses332 |
| περισσεύω | perisseuo | to exceed | Uses39 |
| περιτομή | peritome | circumcision | Uses36 |
| περιβάλλω | periballo | to clothe | Uses23 |
| περιτέμνω | peritemno | to circumcise | Uses17 |
| περισσοτέρως | perissoteros | more excessively | Uses12 |
| περιστερά | peristera | dove | Uses10 |
| περισσῶς | perissos | excessively | Uses9 |
| περίχωρος | perichoros | region | Uses9 |
| περισσότερος | perissoteros | more excessive | Uses9 |
| περιτίθημι | peritithemi | to put on | Uses8 |
| περιβλέπω | periblepo | to look around | Uses7 |
and 43 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 94, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
32 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- περιπατεῖν9
- περιπατεῖτε9
- περιεπάτει7
- περιπάτει6
- περιπατοῦντας6
- περιπατῶν6
- περιπατοῦντα5
- περιπατοῦσιν5
- περιπατοῦντες4
- περιεπάτησεν3
- περιπατεῖ3
- περιπατῇ3
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)10V-PAN
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular7V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural6V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural6V-PAP-APM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural5V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular4V-PAP-ASM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural3V-AAS-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-PAI-2P
Matthew
seven uses
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Walking
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- περιπατοῦσινperipatousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: walk
During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
- περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: walking
When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
- περιπατοῦνταperipatountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: walking
“Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.
- περιεπάτησενperiepatesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: walked
The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
Mark
eight uses
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- περιπάτει;¶peripateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around. She was twelve years old, and at once they were utterly astounded.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
- περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: walking
but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
- περιπατοῦνταperipatountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: walking
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
- περιπατοῦσινperipatousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: walk
The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
- περιπατοῦντοςperipatountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when is walking
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk about
Luke
five uses
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- περιπατοῦσινperipatousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: walk
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- περιπατοῦντεςperipatountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: are walking
“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
- περιπατοῦντεςperipatountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
John
seventeen uses
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
- περιπατοῦντιperipatountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: walking
Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk?’
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
- περιπατοῦνταperipatountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: walking
From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- περιεπάτουν.¶periepatounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were walking
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- περιπατήσῃperipateseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may walk
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- περιπατῇperipateaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall walk
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
- περιπατῇperipateaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall walk
As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk
- περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: walking
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
- περιεπάτειςperiepateisverb · imperfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: were walking
Acts
eight uses
But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- περιπάτειperipateiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do walk
He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
- περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: walking
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
- περιπατοῦνταperipatountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: walking
And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
- περιεπάτησενperiepatesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: walked
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
- περιεπάτειperiepateiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was walking
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
Romans
four uses
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- περιπατήσωμενperipatesomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: may walk
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- περιπατοῦσινperipatousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- περιπατήσωμενperipatesomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may walk
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- περιπατεῖςperipateisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: are you walking
1 Corinthians
two uses
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: are walking
Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- περιπατείτωperipateitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should walk
2 Corinthians
five uses
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- περιπατοῦντεςperipatountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- περιπατοῦμενperipatoumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we walk
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- περιπατοῦντεςperipatountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
- περιεπατήσαμενperiepatesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: did we walk
Galatians
one use
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk
Ephesians
eight uses
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- περιεπατήσατεperiepatesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you walked
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- περιπατήσωμεν.¶peripatesomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may walk
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- περιπατῆσαιperipatesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
- περιπατεῖperipateiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: are walking
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk —
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you walk
Philippians
two uses
Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
- περιπατοῦσινperipatousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are walking —
Colossians
four uses
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- περιπατῆσαιperipatesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk
When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.
- περιεπατήσατέperiepatesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: walked
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do walk
1 Thessalonians
four uses
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
- περιπατεῖτεperipateiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you walk
Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
- περιπατῆτεperipateteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may walk
2 Thessalonians
two uses
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
- περιπατοῦντοςperipatountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: walking
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: are walking
Hebrews
one use
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- περιπατοῦντες.¶peripatountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being devoted
1 Peter
one use
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- περιπατεῖperipateiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he prowls about
1 John
five uses
If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- περιπατῶμενperipatomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: may walk
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- περιπατῶμενperipatomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall walk
Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- περιεπάτησενperiepatesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: walked
- περιπατεῖν.¶peripateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- περιπατεῖperipateiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: walks
2 John
three uses
I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
- περιπατοῦνταςperipatountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: walking
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
- περιπατῶμενperipatomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may walk
- περιπατῆτεperipateteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may walk
3 John
two uses
For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
- περιπατεῖςperipateisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: are walking
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
- περιπατοῦνταperipatountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: walking
Revelation
five uses
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
- περιπατῶνperipatonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is walking
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
- περιπατήσουσινperipatesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will walk
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
- περιπατεῖνperipateinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to walk
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
- περιπατῇperipateaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may walk
By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
- περιπατήσουσινperipatesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will walk
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