Strong’s G4197 · Greek

πορεία
poreía

Definition

travel (by land); figuratively (plural) proceedings, i.e. career

Etymology

from G4198 (πορεύομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

  • journey(-ing)
  • ways

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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