Lexical Definition

‎περιπατέω‎ peripatéō (per-ee-pat-eh'-o) to walk ^G:V
from ‎περί‎ and ‎πατέω‎

go, be occupied with, walk (about).

• 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)

Abbott-Smith

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).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

περιπατέω-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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.7.5 ☩ 2Thess.3.6}