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Strong's G4197 πορεία (poreia)

Poreia means “ways” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4197 — mezeg (“liquor”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4197
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 17

Strong's G4197 Quick Answer

Strong's G4197 πορεία (poreia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. poreia (por-ei'-ah) n. 1. travel (by land) 2. (figuratively, plural) proceedings, i.e. career It has 29 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include journeying and ways. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
poreia (por-ei'-ah) n. 1. travel (by land) 2. (figuratively, plural) proceedings, i.e. career
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
journeying and ways

Meaning and Definition

poreia (por-ei'-ah) n. 1. travel (by land) 2. (figuratively, plural) proceedings, i.e. career [from G4198] KJV: journey(-ing), ways Root(s): G4198

Original Word
πορεία
Transliteration
poreia
Derivation
Root: πορεύομαι R1: 4198
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4197. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

journey

Usage: πορεία, -ας, ἡ (πορεύω), [in LXX chiefly for הֲלִיכָה and cogn. forms ;] __1. a journey: Luk.13:22. __2. a going: metaphorically ("the rich man perishes while he is still on the move," Hort., in l), Jas.1:11.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4197 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render poreia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

journeying Luke 13:22 ways James 1:11

How Strong's G4197 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4197 (πορεία) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4197 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4197 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 13:22 KJV

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

James 1:11 KJV

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Strong's G4197 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 33:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

Numbers 33:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying.

Nehemiah 2:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Strong's G4197 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Then he went forth and all his power to go before King Nebuchadnezzar in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen and their chosen footmen.

2 Maccabees 3:8 Septuagint / Brenton

So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey, under a color of visiting the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but indeed to fulfill the king’s purpose.

2 Maccabees 9:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Then swelling with anger, he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4197.

Genesis 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
Numbers 33:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying.
Nehemiah 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Psalms 67:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy goings, O God, have been seen; The goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.
Proverbs 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: He will protect their way;
Proverbs 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, But turn away thy foot from an evil way: But those on the left are crooked: And will guide thy steps in peace.
Proverbs 33:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:
Isaiah 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,
Jeremiah 10:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Jeremiah 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my people have forgotten me, they have offered incense in vain, and they fail in their ways, leaving the ancient tracks, to enter upon impassable paths;
Jonah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of about three days’ journey.
Jonah 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonah began to enter into the city about a day’s journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Nahum 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.
Nahum 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defenses.
Habakkuk 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: The tabernacles also of the land of Midian shall be dismayed.
Habakkuk 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The nations shall see thee and be in pain, As thou dost divide the moving waters: The deep uttered her voice, And raised her form on high.
Luke 13:22 New Testament, KJV
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
James 1:11 New Testament, KJV
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Judith 2:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went forth and all his power to go before King Nebuchadnezzar in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen and their chosen footmen.
2 Maccabees 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey, under a color of visiting the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but indeed to fulfill the king’s purpose.
2 Maccabees 9:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then swelling with anger, he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
2 Maccabees 9:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Howbeit he nothing at all ceased from his bragging, but still was filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding to hasten the journey: but it came to pass that he fell down from his chariot, carried violently; so that having a sore fall, all the members of his body were much pained.
2 Maccabees 12:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timothy, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
3 Maccabees 4:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A multitude of aged hoary-haired men, were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.
3 Maccabees 5:48 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Jews, when the elephants went out at the gate, followed by the armed force; and when they saw the dust raised by the throng, and heard the loud cries of the crowd,
Wisdom of Solomon 3:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And their going from us to be utter destruction: But they are in peace.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, There is no token of her way to be found, But the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings, And parted with the violent noise and motion of them, Is passed through, and therein afterward no sign where she went is to be found;
Wisdom of Sirach 43:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Great is the Lord that made it; And at his commandment it runneth hastily.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4197, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4197 FAQ

What does poreia (πορεία) mean?

Poreia (Strong's G4197) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ways". poreia (por-ei'-ah) n. 1. travel (by land) 2. (figuratively, plural) proceedings, i.e. career

How many times is poreia (πορεία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G4197 across 17 books.

Where can I study poreia (πορεία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4197 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate poreia (πορεία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as journeying and ways. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4197 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4197, with linked reader references where each row is available.