Go

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: go, went, gone. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “go” or one of its forms.

• הָלַךְ hâlak587
• בּוֹא bô295
• עָלָה âlâh246
• יָצָא yâtsâ235
• יָרַד yârad124
• πορεύομαι poreúomai88
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai87
• ἀπέρχομαι apérchomai80
• ἔρχομαι érchomai61
• שָׁלַח shâlach48
• ὑπάγω hypágō44
• עָבַר âbar40

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 587 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

  Genesis 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

  Exodus 2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

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• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 295 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201

  Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

  Exodus 1:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

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• עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 246 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42

  Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev— he and his wife and all his possessions— and Lot was with him.

  Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

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• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 235 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

  Genesis 4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  Exodus 2:11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

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• יָרַד yâradcome or go down, descendtranslated this way 124 times of its 372 uses · Strong’s H3381Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, go 55, come 35, came 26

  Genesis 11:7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

  Exodus 2:5 Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

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• שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 48 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19

  Genesis 32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

  Exodus 4:21 The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

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• עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 40 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

  Genesis 30:32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

  Exodus 32:27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

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• שׁוּב shûbturn back, returntranslated this way 37 times of its 1,007 uses · Strong’s H7725Verb  ·  Translated: return 218, returned 105, restore 62, turn 56

  Genesis 22:19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

  Numbers 14:3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 11 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151

  Genesis 30:42 But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

  Exodus 11:6 Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

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• נָקָה nâqâhbe empty(?), cleantranslated this way 11 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H5352Verb  ·  Translated: go unpunished 10, leave anyone unpunished 2, leave the guilty unpunished 2, acquit 2

  Exodus 21:19 then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

  Proverbs 6:29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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• גָּלָה gâlâhuncover, removetranslated this way 9 times of its 170 uses · Strong’s H1540Verb  ·  Translated: revealed 14, uncovered 13, exiled 12, sexual relations 11

  Isaiah 5:13 Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

  Jeremiah 1:3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

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• סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 8 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb  ·  Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16

  Exodus 3:3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

  Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

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• נָגַשׁ nâgashdraw near, approachtranslated this way 8 times of its 123 uses · Strong’s H5066Verb  ·  Translated: approached 24, approach 12, come near 9, Bring 9

  Genesis 29:10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

  Exodus 24:14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

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• תָּעָה tââherrtranslated this way 8 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s H8582Verb  ·  Translated: astray 5, go astray 4, wandered 3, stray 3

  Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

  Proverbs 14:22 Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

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• קָרַב qârabcome near, approachtranslated this way 7 times of its 276 uses · Strong’s H7126Verb  ·  Translated: present 65, bring 18, approached 16, presented 14

  Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

  Exodus 14:20 so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

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• יָטַב yâṭabbe good, well, glad, pleasingtranslated this way 7 times of its 110 uses · Strong’s H3190Verb  ·  Translated: good 14, well 8, pleased 8, go well 6

  Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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• תָּמַם tâmambe complete, finishedtranslated this way 6 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H8552Verb  ·  Translated: gone 6, finished 4, consumed 4, meet their end 3

  Genesis 47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

  Numbers 32:13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

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• אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 5 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition  ·  Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137

  Genesis 12:1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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• רָפָה râphâhsink, relaxtranslated this way 5 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s H7503Verb  ·  Translated: leave 4, abandon 3, go 3, Withdraw 2

  Job 27:6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

  Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

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• אַיִן ayinnothing, noughttranslated this way 5 times of its 744 uses · Strong’s H369Adverb  ·  Translated: there is no 55, no 54, without 54, nothing 40

  Genesis 37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

  Genesis 42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

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• קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 4 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb  ·  Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42

  Genesis 19:35 So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

  Joshua 8:1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

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• סָבַב sâbabturn about, go around, surroundtranslated this way 4 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H5437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 16, surrounded 13, surround 10, turn 8

  2 Chronicles 17:9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

  Psalm 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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• פָּקַד pâqadattend to, visit, muster, appointtranslated this way 4 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H6485Verb  ·  Translated: punish 41, numbered 26, appointed 15, counted 14

  Judges 15:1 Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

  1 Samuel 25:15 Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

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• פָּנָה pânâhturntranslated this way 3 times of its 128 uses · Strong’s H6437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 27, turn 21, facing 11, turn back 4

  Genesis 24:49 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

  Deuteronomy 9:15 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

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• שָׁכַב shâkablie downtranslated this way 3 times of its 207 uses · Strong’s H7901Verb  ·  Translated: lie 46, rested 35, lies 25, lay 21

  Genesis 19:4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

  Deuteronomy 24:12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

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• טוֹב ṭôbpleasant, agreeable, goodtranslated this way 3 times of its 538 uses · Strong’s H2896Adjective  ·  Translated: good 249, better 72, prosperity 19, good things 12

  Deuteronomy 19:13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

  Jeremiah 22:15 Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

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• נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 3 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb  ·  Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21Full study and all 403 verses →
• שׁוּט shûṭgo or rove abouttranslated this way 3 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H7751Verb  ·  Translated: Go 2, roam to and fro 2, roaming 2, oarsmen 2Full study and all 13 verses →
• אֲזַל ăzalgo, go offtranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H236Verb  ·  Translated: went 3, returned 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• עֲלַל ălalgo or come intranslated this way 3 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H5954Verb  ·  Translated: brought 6, went 3, came 3, Bring 1Full study and all 13 verses →
• כָּלָה kâlâhbe complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spenttranslated this way 3 times of its 206 uses · Strong’s H3615Verb  ·  Translated: finished 54, fail 12, consumed 9, completed 7Full study and all 200 verses →
• אָפֵס âphêscease, fail, come to an endtranslated this way 3 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H656Verb  ·  Translated: gone 3, run 1, vanish 1Full study and all 5 verses →
• נָסַע nâsapull out or up, set out, journeytranslated this way 2 times of its 146 uses · Strong’s H5265Verb  ·  Translated: set 91, journeyed 4, moved 4, pulled 4Full study and all 139 verses →
• נָטָה nâṭâhstretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bendtranslated this way 2 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s H5186Verb  ·  Translated: incline 24, stretch 23, stretched 21, outstretched 19Full study and all 207 verses →
• לֹא lônottranslated this way 2 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
• נָחַת nâchathgo down, descendtranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H5181Verb  ·  Translated: bend 2, go 2Full study and all 10 verses →
• צָמֵא tsâmêbe thirstytranslated this way 2 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s H6770Verb  ·  Translated: thirsty 3, go thirsty 2, thirsts 2, thirst 2Full study and all 10 verses →
• רָעֵב râêbbe hungrytranslated this way 2 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H7456Verb  ·  Translated: hunger 4, hungry 2, go hungry 2Full study and all 13 verses →
• צָבָא tsâbâwage war, servetranslated this way 2 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H6633Verb  ·  Translated: served 2, enlisted 2Full study and all 12 verses →
• אַחַר acharbehindtranslated this way 2 times of its 556 uses · Strong’s H310Preposition  ·  Translated: after 123, behind 56, and after 22, after that 19Full study and all 533 verses →
• הָלַל hâlalshinetranslated this way 2 times of its 165 uses · Strong’s H1984Verb  ·  Translated: praise 65, Hallelujah 24, praised 14, boast 9Full study and all 140 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• πορεύομαι poreúomaiI travel, journey, gotranslated this way 88 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s G4198Verb  ·  Translated: go 59, went 22, going 10, way 8Full study and all 141 verses →
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomaiI go out, come outtranslated this way 87 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s G1831Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, came 26, left 23, come 23Full study and all 209 verses →
• ἀπέρχομαι apérchomaiI come or go away from, depart, returntranslated this way 80 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s G565Verb  ·  Translated: went 30, go 21, went away 19, left 5Full study and all 113 verses →
• ἔρχομαι érchomaiI come, gotranslated this way 61 times of its 619 uses · Strong’s G2064Verb  ·  Translated: come 193, came 128, coming 65, comes 53Full study and all 584 verses →
• ὑπάγω hypágōI go away, departtranslated this way 44 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s G5217Verb  ·  Translated: go 42, going 22, went 2, Get 2Full study and all 75 verses →
• εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomaiI go in, come in, entertranslated this way 38 times of its 189 uses · Strong’s G1525Verb  ·  Translated: enter 54, entered 38, went 22, come 11Full study and all 178 verses →
• ἀναβαίνω anabaínōI go up, mount, ascendtranslated this way 35 times of its 82 uses · Strong’s G305Verb  ·  Translated: went 27, going 8, ascended 6, go 4Full study and all 78 verses →
• καταβαίνω katabaínōI go down, come downtranslated this way 15 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s G2597Verb  ·  Translated: come 16, went 11, came 8, coming 7Full study and all 79 verses →
• προσέρχομαι prosérchomaiI come near, consent totranslated this way 14 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s G4334Verb  ·  Translated: came 52, went 13, come 4, draw near 3Full study and all 84 verses →
• προάγω proágōI lead forth, go beforetranslated this way 7 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s G4254Verb  ·  Translated: went ahead 3, going ahead 3, go on ahead 2, go ahead 2Full study and all 20 verses →
• ἄγω ágōI leadtranslated this way 7 times of its 65 uses · Strong’s G71Verb  ·  Translated: brought 24, led 10, bring 9, go 7Full study and all 65 verses →
• κατέρχομαι katérchomaiI come downtranslated this way 6 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s G2718Verb  ·  Translated: went 6, came 6, landed 2, come 1Full study and all 15 verses →
• διέρχομαι diérchomaiI pass through, spread a reporttranslated this way 5 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s G1330Verb  ·  Translated: passed 7, traveled 5, passing 4, cross 3Full study and all 40 verses →
• ἐκπορεύομαι ekporeúomaiI journey out, come forthtranslated this way 4 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s G1607Verb  ·  Translated: come 6, went 3, comes 3, leaving 3Full study and all 32 verses →
• ἀποδημέω apodēméōI go into another countrytranslated this way 4 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G589Verb  ·  Translated: went away on a journey 2, going on a journey 1, went on his journey 1, journeyed 1Full study and all 6 verses →
• προέρχομαι proérchomaiI go before, precedetranslated this way 3 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G4281Verb  ·  Translated: went on ahead 2Full study and all 9 verses →
• ἀνέρχομαι anérchomaiI come up, go uptranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G424Verb  ·  Translated: go 2, went 1Full study and all 3 verses →
• περιάγω periágōI lead about, go abouttranslated this way 3 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4013Verb  ·  Translated: went 3, traverse 1, groped 1, take along 1Full study and all 6 verses →
• εἰσπορεύομαι eisporeúomaiI journey into, go intotranslated this way 3 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s G1531Verb  ·  Translated: enter 6, enters 4, went 3Full study and all 18 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.