peripateō · walk

What it means

peripateō (περιπατέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “walk”.

Also live in a certain way.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
2. To live in a certain way: "walk in love".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To walk; figuratively, to live in a certain way, to conduct oneself. It is a compound of περί, “around”, and πατέω, “tread”.

• Walking: “walking on the sea” Matthew 14:25
• “Get up… and walk”: the healing Mark 2:9
• Walking in the light or in the darkness John 8:121 John 1:7
• Living a certain way: “walk in love”, “walk by the Spirit” Ephesians 5:2Galatians 5:16Colossians 1:10
• “We too might walk in newness of life” Romans 6:4

How we translate it

“Walk” 55 times, “walking” 24, “walked” 9, “walks” 6. This edition keeps “walk” also where it means living (“walk in love”, Ephesians 5:2), because that is the image the Greek uses.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• walk ×55
• walking ×24
• walked ×9
• walks ×6
• prowls around ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×9
• Luke×5
• John×17
• Acts×8
• Romans×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×8
• Philippians×2
• Colossians×4
• 1 Thessalonians×4
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 1 John×5
• 2 John×3
• 3 John×2
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 4:18

  And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Matthew 9:5

  For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

• Matthew 11:5

  the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

• Matthew 14:25

  And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

• Matthew 14:26

  But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.

• Matthew 14:29

  And he said, “Come.” And getting down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters and came to Jesus.

• Matthew 15:31

  so that the crowd was amazed seeing the mute speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

• Mark 2:9

  Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

• Mark 5:42

  And at once the girl got up and was walking; for she was twelve years old. And at once they were overcome with great amazement.

• Mark 6:48

  And seeing them straining at the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he meant to pass by them.

• Mark 6:49

  But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out;

• Mark 7:5

  And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?”

• Mark 8:24

  And looking up, he was saying, “I see people, for I see them like trees, walking.”

• Mark 11:27

  And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to him

• Mark 12:38

  And in his teaching he was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to receive greetings in the marketplaces

• Mark 16:12

  After these things he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country.

• Luke 5:23

  Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

• Luke 7:22

  And he answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

• Luke 11:44

  Woe to you, because you are like the unmarked tombs, and the people who walk over them do not know it.”

• Luke 20:46

  “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and hold dear greetings in the marketplaces and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

• Luke 24:17

  And he said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad.

• John 1:36

  And looking at Jesus as he walked by, he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

• John 5:8

  Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

• John 5:9

  And at once the man became well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

• John 5:11

  But he answered them, “The one who made me well, he said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

• John 5:12

  They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk’?”

• John 6:19

  So when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

• John 6:66

  From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

• John 7:1

  And after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

• John 8:12

  So Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

• John 10:23

  and Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.

• John 11:9

  Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

• John 11:10

  But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

• John 11:54

  So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

• John 12:35

  So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; and whoever walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

• John 21:18

  Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”

• Acts 3:6

  But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I have, this I give you: in the name of Jesus the Messiah the Nazarene, walk!”

• Acts 3:8

  and leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and he went with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

• Acts 3:9

  And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

• Acts 3:12

  And when Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

And 55 more times.