πορεύομαιporeúomai

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

Greek (New Testament) · G4198

Meanings

in classical Greek, to cause to go over, carry, convey. Mid. (always in LXX and NT), -ομαι, to go, proceed, go on one's way: with accusative, ὁδόν, Acts 8:39; followed by ἐκεῖθεν, Matthew 19:15; ἐντεῦθεν, Luke 13:31; ἀπό, Matthew 25:41, Luke 4:42; εἰς, Matthew 2:20, Mark 16:12, Luke 1:39, John 7:35, al; εἰς εἰρήνην (cf. 1 Samuel 1:17). Luke 7:50; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Acts 16:36; ἐπί, with accusative, Matthew 22:9, Acts 25:12, al; ἕως, Acts 23:23; οὗ, Luke 24:28, 1 Corinthians 16:6; πρός, with accusative of person, Matthew 25:9, Luke 11:5, and elsewhere; κατὰ τ. ὁδόν, Acts 8:36; διά, with genitive, Matthew 12:1, Mark 9:30; with infinitive, Luke 2:3, John 14:2; σύν, Luke 7:6, and elsewhere; ἵνα, John 11:11; absolutely, Matthew 2:9, Luke 7:8, John 4:50, Acts 5:20, and elsewhere; participle, πορευθείς, redundant, Matthew 2:8, Luke 7:22, and elsewhere Metaph.

(a) like οἴχομαι in classical Greek, as euphemism for θνήσκω (so הלךְ in Genesis 15:2); Luke 22:22 and perhaps also Luke 13:33

(b) in ethical sense (Deuteronomy 19:9, Psalms 14:2, al; cf. M, Pr., 112; Kennedy, Sources, 107): followed by ἐν, Luke 1:6, 1 Peter 4:3, 2 Peter 2:19; κατά, with accusative, 2 Peter 3:3, Jude 1:16, Jude 1:18; with dative (Bl., § 38, 3), Acts 9:31, Acts 14:16, Jude 1:11

(c) of disciples or partisans (Judges 2:12, 1 Kings 11:10, Sirach 46:10): followed by ὀπίσω, with genitive of person, Luke 21:8 (cf. δια-, εἰς-, (-μαι), ἐκ- (-μαι), ἐν- (-μαι), ἐπι- (-μαι), παρα- (-μαι), προ-, προσ- (-μαι), συν- (-μαι)).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 147 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
  • Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
  • Matthew 2:20 “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”
  • Matthew 8:9 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”
  • Matthew 9:13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
  • Matthew 10:6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.