Strong's Lexicon
poreuomai: to go, to proceed, to travel, to journey
Original Word:πορεύομαι
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:poreuomai
Pronunciation:po-ryoo'-o-mai
Phonetic Spelling:(por-yoo'-om-ahee)
Definition:to go, to proceed, to travel, to journey
Meaning:I travel, journey, go, die.
Word Origin:Middle voice of a derivative of the same as περάω (G4008), meaning "to traverse."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is הָלַךְ (halak - H1980), which also means "to go" or "to walk."
Usage:The Greek verb "poreuomai" primarily means "to go" or "to travel." It is used in the New Testament to describe physical movement from one place to another, as well as metaphorical journeys, such as spiritual or life journeys. The term can imply a purposeful or directed movement, often with a specific destination or goal in mind.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient world, travel was a significant undertaking, often involving long distances on foot or by animal. Journeys were not only physical but also carried spiritual and social implications. In the context of the New Testament, "poreuomai" reflects the itinerant nature of Jesus' ministry and the missionary journeys of the apostles. Travel was a means of spreading the Gospel and establishing early Christian communities.
HELPS Word-studies
4198poreúomai (fromporos, "passageway") – properly, totransport, moving something from one destination (port) to another; (figuratively) to go or depart,emphasizing the personal meaningwhich is attached to reaching the particular destination.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom poros (a ford, passage)
Definitionto go
NASB Translationaccompany* (1), am on my way (1), depart (1), departed (1), departure (1), following (3), go (69), go on their way (1), go away (1), goes (7), going (15), going away (2), gone (3), indulge (1), journey (1), journeying (2), leave (1), proceed (1), proceeded (2), pursued a course (1), sets (1), started (3), traveling (3), walking (1), way (6), went (22), went His way (1), went on their way (1), went their way (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4198: πορεύωπορεύω:
to lead over, carry over, transfer (
Pindar,
Sophocles,
Thucydides,
Plato, others); middle (from
Herodotus down), present
πορεύομαι; imperfect
ἐπορευόμην; future
πορεύσομαι; perfect participle
πεπορευμένος; 1 aorist subjunctive 1 person plural
πορευσώμεθα (
James 4:13Rec.st Griesbach); 1 aorist passive
ἐπορεύθην; (
πόρος a ford (cf. English
pore i. e. passage through;
Curtius, § 356;
Vanicek, p. 479)); the
Sept. often for
הָלַך,
הִתְהַלֵּך,
יָלַך; properly,
to lead oneself across; i. e. to take one's way, betake oneself, set out, depart;
a. properly:τήνὁδόνμου, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, continue one's journey (A. V.go on one's way),Acts 8:39;πορεύειν followed byἀπό with a genitive of place,to depart from,Matthew 24:1 (RG);ἀπό with a genitive of the person,Matthew 25:41;Luke 4:42;ἐκεῖθεν,Matthew 19:15;ἐντεῦθεν,Luke 13:31; followed byεἰς with an accusative of place,to go, depart, to some place:Matthew 2:20;Matthew 17:27;Mark 16:12;Luke 1:39;Luke 2:41;Luke 22:39;Luke 24:13;John 7:35;John 8:1;Acts 1:11, 25;Acts 20:1;Romans 15:24;James 4:13, etc.; with an accusative denoting the state:εἰςεἰρήνην,Luke 7:50;Luke 8:48 (alsoἐνεἰρήνη,Acts 16:36; seeεἰρήνη, 3);εἰςθάνατον,Luke 22:33; followed byἐπί with an accusative of place,Matthew 22:9;Acts 8:26;Acts 9:11;ἐπί with the accusative of a personActs 25:12;ἕως with a genitive of place,Acts 23:23;ποῦ (which see) forποῖ,John 7:35;οὗ (seeὅς, II. 11 a.) forὅποι,Luke 24:28;1 Corinthians 16:6;πρός with the accusative of a person,Matthew 25:9;Matthew 26:14;Luke 11:5;Luke 15:18;Luke 16:30;John 14:12, 28;John 16:28;John 20:17;Acts 27:3;Acts 28:26;κατάτήνὁδόν,Acts 8:36;διά with a genitive of place,Matthew 12:1; (Mark 9:30L textTr textWH text); the purpose of the journey is indicated by an infinitive:Matthew 28:8-9Rec.;Luke 2:3;Luke 14:19, 31;John 14:2; by the prepositionἐπί with an accusative (cf.ἐπί, C. I. 1 f.),Luke 15:4; followed byἵνα,John 11:11; byσύν with a dative of the attendance,Luke 7:6;Acts 10:20;Acts 26:13;1 Corinthians 16:4;ἔμπροσθεντίνος, to go before one,John 10:4. absolutely equivalent toto depart, go one's way:Matthew 2:9;Matthew 8:9;Matthew 11:7;Matthew 28:11;Luke 7:8;Luke 17:19;John 4:50;John 8:11;John 14:3;Acts 5:20;Acts 8:27;Acts 21:5;Acts 22:21, etc.; equivalent toto be on one's way, to journey: (Luke 8:42LTr marginal reading);;Acts 9:3;Acts 22:6.to enter upon a journey; to go to do something:1 Corinthians 10:27;Luke 10:37. In accordance with the oriental fashion of describing an action circumstantially, the participleπορευόμενος orπορευθείς is placed before a finite verb which designates some other action (cf.ἀνίστημι, II. 1 c. andἔρχομαι, I. 1 a.α., p. 250b bottom):Matthew 2:8;Matthew 9:13 (on which cf. the rabbinical phraseוּלְמֹדצֵא (cf. Schoettgen orWetstein at the passage));;Luke 7:22;Luke 9:13, 52;Luke 13:32;Luke 14:10;Luke 15:15;Luke 17:14;Luke 22:8;1 Peter 3:19.b. By a Hebraism, metaphorically,α.to depart from life:Luke 22:22; soהָלַך,Genesis 15:2;Psalm 39:14.β.ὀπίσωτίνος,to follow one, i. e. become his adherent (cf.Buttmann, 184 (160)):Luke 21:8 (Judges 2:12;1 Kings 11:10; Sir. 46:10);to seek (cf. Englishrun after)anything,2 Peter 2:10.γ.to lead or order one's life (seeπεριπατέω, b.α. andὁδός, 2 a.); followed byἐν with a dative of the thing to which one's life is given up:ἐνἀσελγείαις,1 Peter 4:3;ἐνταῖςἐντολαῖςτοῦκυρίου,Luke 1:6;κατάτάςἐπιθυμίας,2 Peter 3:3;Jude 1:16, 18;ταῖςὁδοῖςμου, dative of place (to walk in one's own ways), to follow one's moral preferences,Acts 14:16;τῇὁδῷτίνος, to imitate one, to follow his ways,Jude 1:11;τῷφόβῳτοῦκυρίου,Acts 9:31; seeWiners Grammar, § 31, 9;Buttmann, § 133, 22 b.;ὑπόμεριμνῶν, to lead a life subject to cares,Luke 8:14, cf. Bornemann at the passage; (Meyer edition Weiss at the passage; yet seeὑπό, I. 2 a.;Winers Grammar, 369 (346) note;Buttmann, § 147, 29;R. V.as they go on their way they are choked with cares, etc. Compare:διαπορεύω,εἰσπορεύω (μαι),ἐκπορεύω (ἐκπορεύομαι),ἐνπορεύω (ἐνπορεύομαι),ἐπιπορεύω (ἐπιπορεύομαι),παραπορεύω (παραπορεύομαι),προπορεύω,προσπορεύω (προσπορεύομαι),συνπορεύω (συνπορεύομαι). Synonym: seeἔρχομαι, at the end)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
depart, go forth, walk.Middle voice from a derivative of the same aspeira; to traverse, i.e. Travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.); --depart, go (away, forth, one's way, up), (make a, take a) journey, walk.
see GREEKpeira
Forms and Transliterations
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