περιεπάτεις

peripatéō

walked

To walk, to go about; more broadly, to conduct one’s life or behave in a certain manner. The primary meaning is physical movement from place to place, but commonly used figuratively in Hellenistic and Koine Greek to describe patterns of behavior, manner of living, or one's habitual conduct.

G4043

John 21:18 · Word #11

Lexicon G4043

Lemmaπεριπατέω
Transliterationperipatéō
Strong'sG4043
DefinitionTo walk, to go about; more broadly, to conduct one’s life or behave in a certain manner. The primary meaning is physical movement from place to place, but commonly used figuratively in Hellenistic and Koine Greek to describe patterns of behavior, manner of living, or one's habitual conduct.

Morphology V IMPF ACT IND 2P SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense IMPF — Imperfect — Continuous or repeated past action
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality
Person 2P — 2nd person — The one spoken to ("you")
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasewalked
Literalyou-were-walking

Lexical Info

Lemmaπεριπατέω
Strong'sG4043

SIBI-P1 Translation G4043-02

you were walking about

Morphological NotesVerb; imperfect tense (past ongoing), active voice, indicative mood, 2nd person singular.
Rendering RationaleThe imperfect active indicative, second person singular, denotes ongoing past action: "you were walking." The prefix peri- ('around') preserves the sense of movement about or from place to place.

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