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G4043 περιπατέω (peripatéō)
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περιπατέω v. I walk, conduct my life

Strong's Definition

from 4012 and 3961; 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)

KJV Usage: go, be occupied with, walk (about)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | πατέω

15.227 · Linear Movement · Walk, Step

to walk, to go to walk along or around

MAT 4:18 · MAT 9:5 · MAT 11:5 · MAT 14:25 · MAT 14:26 · MAT 14:29 · MAT 15:31 · MRK 2:9 · MRK 5:42 · MRK 6:48 · MRK 6:49 · MRK 8:24 · MRK 11:27 · MRK 12:38 · MRK 16:12 · LUK 5:23 · LUK 7:22 · LUK 11:44 · LUK 20:46 · LUK 24:17 · JHN 1:36 · JHN 5:8 · JHN 5:9 · JHN 5:11 · JHN 5:12 · JHN 6:19 · JHN 6:66 · JHN 7:1 · JHN 7:1 · JHN 10:23 · JHN 11:9 · JHN 11:10 · JHN 11:54 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 21:18 · ACT 3:6 · ACT 3:8 · ACT 3:8 · ACT 3:9 · ACT 3:12 · ACT 14:8 · ACT 14:10 · 1PE 5:8 · REV 2:1 · REV 3:4 · REV 9:20 · REV 16:15

41.11 · Behavior and Related States · Behavior, Conduct

to live, to behave, to go about doing to live or behave in a customary manner, with possible focus upon continuity of action

MRK 7:5 · JHN 8:12 · JHN 12:35 · ACT 21:21 · ROM 6:4 · ROM 8:4 · ROM 13:13 · ROM 14:15 · 1CO 3:3 · 1CO 7:17 · 2CO 4:2 · 2CO 5:7 · 2CO 10:2 · 2CO 10:3 · GAL 5:16 · EPH 2:2 · EPH 2:10 · EPH 4:1 · EPH 4:17 · EPH 4:17 · EPH 5:2 · EPH 5:8 · EPH 5:15 · PHP 3:17 · PHP 3:18 · COL 1:10 · COL 2:6 · COL 3:7 · COL 4:5 · 1TH 2:12 · 1TH 4:1 · 1TH 4:1 · 1TH 4:12 · 2TH 3:6 · 2TH 3:11 · HEB 13:9 · 1JN 1:6 · 1JN 1:7 · 1JN 2:6 · 1JN 2:6 · 1JN 2:11 · 2JN 1:4 · 2JN 1:6 · 2JN 1:6 · 3JN 1:3 · 3JN 1:4 · REV 21:24

41.47 · Behavior and Related States · Imitate Behavior

Collocation: περιπατέω τοῖς ἴχνεσιν

to imitate, to do as others do (an idiom, literally: to walk in the tracks) to behave in the same manner as someone else

2CO 12:18

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περι-πατέω, -@; impf. 2 pers. sing. περιεπάτεις, 3 pers. περιεπάτει, plur. περιεπάτουν; fut. περιπατήσω ; 1 aor. περιἐπάτησα; plupf. 3 pers. sing. περιεπεπατήκει (Acts xiv. 8 Rec.*"), and without the augm. (cf. W. § 12,9; [B. 33 (29) ]) περιπεπατήκει (ibid. Rec." Grsb.) ; Sept. for 727; to walk; [walk about A. V. 1 Pet. ν. 8]; a. prop. (as in Arstph., Xen., Plat., Isocr., Joseph., Ael., al.) : absol., Mt. ix. 5; xi. 5; xv. 31; Mk. ii. 9 [Tdf. ὕπαγε]; v.42; viii. 24; xvi. 12; Lk. v. 23; vii. 22; xxiv. 17; Jn.i. 36; v. 8 sq. 11 sq.; xi. 9sq.; Acts iii. 6, 8sq.12; xiv. 8,10; 1 Pet. v. 8; Rev. ix. 20; i.q. to make one’s way, make progress, in fig. dise. equiv. to to make a due use of opportunities, Jn. xii. 35°. with additions: περιπ. γυμνός, Rev. xvi. 15; ἐπάνω (τινός), Lk. xi. 44; διά w. gen. of the thing, Rey. xxi. 24 [G LT Tr WH]; ἐν w. dat. of place, i.q. to frequent, stay in, a place, Mk. xi. 27; Jn. vii. 1; x. 23; Rey. ii. 1; ἔν τισι, among persons, Jn. xi. 54; [π. ὅπου ἤθελες, of personal liberty, Jn. xxi. 18]; metaph. ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, to be subject to error and sin, Jn. viii. 12; xii. 35>; 1Jn. i. 6 sq.; 1.11; ἐν with dat. of the garment one is clothed in, Mk. xii. 38; Lk. xx. 46; Rev. iii. 4, (ἐν κοκκίνοις, Epict. diss. 3, 22,10); ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, [ Mt. xiv. 25 RG; 26 LT Tr WH; Mk. vi. 48, 49], see ἐπί, A. I. 1a.and 2a.; ἐπὶ τὴν θάλ.. ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα, [ Mt. xiv. 25 LT Tr WH, 26 RG, 29], see ἐπί, C. I. 1 a.; [παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν, Mt. iv. 18; Mk. i. 16 Ree., see παρά, III. 1]; μετά τινος, to associate with one, to be one’s companion, used of one’s followers and votaries, Jn. vi. 66; Rev. iii. 4. b. Hebraistically, to live [ef. W.32; com. in Paul and John, but not found in James or in Peter (cf. ἀναστρέφω 3 b., avaorpodn) ], i. 6. a. to regulate one’s life, to conduct one’s self (οἴ. ὁδὸς, 2 a., πορεύω, Ὁ. y.) : ἀξίως τινός, Eph. iv.1; Col. 1.10; 1 Tie ii. 12; εὐσχημόνως, Ro. xiii. 13; 1 Th. iv. 12; ἀκριβῶς, Eph. v. 15; ἀτάκτως, 2 Th. iii. 6, 115 ὥς or καθώς τις, Eph. iv. 17; v. 8,15; οὕτω π. καθώς, Phil. iii. 17; [καθὼς π. οὕτω π. 1 Jn. ii. 6 (L Tr txt. WH om. οὕτω); πῶς, καθώς, 1 Th. iv. 1; οὕτως, ὡς, 1 Co. vii. 17; so that a nom. of quality must be sought from what follows, ἐχθροὶ rod σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Phil. iii. 18. witha dat. of the thing to which the life is given or consecrated: κώμοις, μέθαις, etc., Ro. xiii. 13, cf. Fritzsche on Rom. vol. iii. p. 140 sq.; w.a dat. of the standard ace. to which one governs his life [ef. Fritzsche u. s. p. 142; also B. ὃ 133, 22 b.; W. 219 (205)]: Acts xxi. 21; Gal. v. 16; 2 Co. xii. 18; foll. by ἐν w. a dat. denoting either the state in which one is living, or the virtue or vice to which he is given [οἵ. ἐν, I. ὃ e. p. 210 bot.]: Ro. vi. 4; 2 Co.iv. 2; Eph. ii. 2,10; iv.17; v. 2; Col. iii. 7; iv. 5; 2Jn. 4,6; 3 Jn. 3sq.; ἐν βρώμασι, of those who have fellowship in the sacrificial feasts, Heb. xiii. 9; ἐν Χριστῷ [see ἐν, I.6 b.], to live a life conformed to the union entered into with Christ, Col. ii. 6; κατά w. an acc. of the pers. or thing furnishing the standard of living, [MK. vii. 5]; 2Jn.65; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον, 1 Co. 111. 3; κατὰ σάρκα, Ro. viii. 1 Rec., 4; xiv. 15; 2 Co. x. 2. B. i. q. to pass (one’s) life: ἐν σαρκί, in the body, 2 Co. x. 3; διὰ πίστεως (see διά, A. 1. 2), 2 Co. v. 7. [Comp.: ἐμπεριπατέω.}

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περιπατέω peripateō 95x

pluperfect, περι[ε]πεπατήκει (3 sg), to walk, walk about, Mt. 9:5; 11:5; 14:25, 26, 29; to rove, roam, 1 Pet. 5:8; with μετά, to accompany, follow, Jn. 6:66; Rev. 3:4; to walk, frequent a locality, Jn. 7:1; 11:54; from the Hebrew, to maintain a certain walk of life and conduct, Gal. 5:16; Eph. 2:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

περι-πατέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for הלךְ pi., hith.;]

to walk: absol., Mt 9:5, Mk 5:42, Lk 5:23, Jo 1:36; c. pred., γυμνός, Re 16:15; ἐπάνω Lk 11:44; διά, c. gen., Re 21:24; ἐν, Mk 11:27 12:38, Jo 7:1 11:54, Re 2:1, al.; ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ, fig., Jo 8:12 12:35, I Jo 1:6, 7 2:11; ἐπί, c. gen., Mt 14:26; id. c. dat., Mt 14:25, 29; μετά, Jo 6:66, Re 3:4; παρά, c. acc., Mt 4:18. Metaph., of living, passing one's life, conducting oneself (like ἀναστρέφομαι in Xen., Plut., LXX, π.; M, Pr., 11; Deiss., BS, 194): ἀκριβῶς, Eph 5:15; ἀτάκτως, II Th 3:6, 11; εὐσχημόνως, Re 13:13, I Th 4:12; ἀξίως, c. gen., Eph 4:1, Col 1:10, I Th 2:12; καθώς (ὥς), Eph 4:17 5:8, 15, Phl 3:17, I Th 4:1; οὕτως ὥς, I Co 7:17; seq. nom. qual., Phl 3:18; c. dat., Ac 21:21, Ro 13:13, II Co 12:18, Ga 5:16; seq. ἐν, Ro 6:4, II Co 4:2 5:7 10:3, Eph 2:2, 10 4:17 5:2, Col 3:7 4:5, He 13:9, II Jo 4, 6, al.; ἐν Χριστῷ, Col 2:6; κατά, c. acc., Mk 7:5, Ro 8:4 14:15, I Co 3:3, II Co 10:2, II Jo 6 (cf. ἐν-περιπατέω).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιπατέω. On the ethical use of this verb ‘‘ conduct my life,’’ corres sponding to the Heb. 304, see Proleg. p. 11. For the literal meaning ‘‘ walk,’’ ‘“‘go about,’”’ cf. BGU III. 846° (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 94) σαπρῶς παιριπατῶ (/. περιπατῶ), “1 am going about in a disgraceful state,’’ P Fay 126? (ii/ili A.D.) περ[]πατοῦντός pov σὺν τῷ πατρί, and BGU II. 380!8 (iii/A.D.) περπατῶ (Δ περιπατῶ) μετὰ οὗ ἐὰν εὕρω. In P Lond 9811} (iv/A.D.) (= III. p. 242, Ολγεςί. I. p. 7157) περιοδεύομεν Kal περιπατοῦμεν νυκτῆμαρ, the words are addressed apparently by subordinate church officials to a bishop: see Ghedini Le¢tere, p. 170f. See further, for an interesting parallel to Rev 31, Kazbel 3872! (ILI. fere saeculi)— ὃ κτώμενος δὲ πολλὰ μὴ τρυφῶν [σ]ὺν τοῖς φίλοις οὗτος τέ[θ]νηκε περιπατῶν καὶ ζῇ νεκρ[οὔ βίον. , TrEPLTFOLE@ In Menander ’Emutp. 12 δίκας λέγοντες περιπατεῖτε, the verb is almost = ‘‘live.”’ περβατώ. MGr περιπατῶ, περπατῶ,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

περιπατέω (peripateō) — to walk. περιπᾰτ-έω, walk up and down, as in a cloister, opposed to βαδίζειν (take a walk), ἐν ταῖς στοαῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; walk about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιπατεῖται ἡ ὁδός the road is for walking on, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with accusative, traverse, ὅλην τὴν Αἴγυπτον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. walk about while teaching, discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐς τοὺς ἀκροωμένους dispute, argue with them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. metaphorically, walk, i.e. live, [NT+1st c.BC+]

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