What does the word walk mean in the Bible?

Answer 1

It means the same thing walk means in the real world:

"To move or travel on legs and feet, alternately putting one foot in front of the other at a comfortable pace. To stroll, saunter, march, amble."

In a scripture like: "...Enoch walked with God..." (Gen.5:24) -- the word pictures Enoch and God "strolling side-by-side"... in a covenant or agreeable relationship with each other [as opposed to being at odds with each other... argumentative or in disagreement]. After all:

"Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?" (Amos 3:3 NIV)

Walking together with someone conveys the idea of "cooperation" between or among those who share their company thusly. It's each person "conducting" himself in a manner whereby all those walking together "approve."

"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called..." (Eph.4:1).

Biblically speaking -- "walking with God" always conveys a matter of "repentance" on the part of the man. God doesn't change... so it is always man who must "change" [or repent of his disagreeable, rebellious ways] to conform to the ways and Commandments of God before they can "agree" with one another.

Enoch began to "walk with God" after he was 65 years old [Gen.5:21-23]... because that's when he "repented" of his rebellious ways and began to "walk worthy of his vocation" [conducted himself obediently, regarding God's laws].

Abraham walked with God: "...because Abraham obeyed Meand kept My requirements, My Commands, My decrees and My laws." (Gen.26:5 NIV)

God offered Abraham's children the opportunity to "walk with Him": "...if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Although the whole earth is Mine." (Ex.19:5 NIV)

Walking in The Bible pictures traveling through life on foot in a certain manner or conduct [good works or bad]. Walking with God is traveling through life, obedient to the Commandments of our Creator, doing good works.

"For we are His workmanship [we are 'agreeably' molded, shaped and conform to Him], created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Eph.2:10)

"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to His Commands. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that you walk in love." (II John 1:6 NIV)

Walking in the Bible is our travel experiences and the way we conduct ourselves as we "walk through life." It's a matter of the company we keep [good or bad]... and whether or not we can continue to agree with those with whom we walk.

Otherwise, walking is walking. It's putting one foot in front of the other, one step at a time, conducting one's life, experiencing life... and the works that come out of it all in the end.