The concept of "going" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical movement and travel to spiritual journeys and divine missions. It is a theme that appears throughout Scripture, illustrating both the literal and metaphorical paths that individuals and nations take under God's guidance.

Physical Movement and Travel

In the Old Testament, "going" often refers to the physical act of moving from one place to another. This is evident in the journeys of the patriarchs, such as Abraham, who was called by God to leave his homeland and go to a land that God would show him (Genesis 12:1). The Israelites' exodus from Egypt is another significant example, where their going was a divinely orchestrated movement towards the Promised Land (Exodus 12:37-38).

The New Testament also records instances of physical going, particularly in the ministry of Jesus and the apostles. Jesus Himself traveled extensively throughout Galilee, Judea, and beyond, preaching the Gospel and performing miracles. The Great Commission, as recorded in Matthew 28:19, commands believers to "go and make disciples of all nations," emphasizing the active nature of spreading the Gospel.

Spiritual Journeys

Beyond physical movement, "going" in the Bible often symbolizes spiritual journeys and growth. The Psalms frequently speak of walking in God's ways as a metaphor for living a life of faith and obedience. Psalm 119:105 declares, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path," illustrating the guidance God provides for those who seek to follow Him.

The prophets also use the concept of going to describe the spiritual return to God. In Hosea 6:1, the call to "come, let us return to the LORD" signifies a spiritual journey of repentance and renewal.

Divine Missions and Commands

"Going" is also associated with divine missions and commands. God often calls individuals to go forth with a specific purpose. For instance, Jonah was commanded to go to Nineveh and deliver a message of repentance (Jonah 1:2). Similarly, the apostle Paul was directed by the Holy Spirit to go on missionary journeys, spreading the Gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 13:2-4).

In the New Testament, the concept of going is central to the mission of the Church. The apostles were sent out to preach and establish churches, fulfilling Jesus' command to be His witnesses "to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). This missionary mandate underscores the active role of believers in participating in God's redemptive plan.

Obedience and Faith

The act of going often requires obedience and faith. Abraham's journey to an unknown land required trust in God's promises. Similarly, the disciples' willingness to leave everything and follow Jesus exemplifies the faith required to embark on a spiritual journey. Hebrews 11:8 commends Abraham's faith, stating, "By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."

Conclusion

The theme of going in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing physical journeys, spiritual growth, divine missions, and acts of obedience. It reflects the dynamic nature of faith and the call to actively participate in God's purposes, whether through literal travel or spiritual transformation.1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Go.

2. (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

3. (n.) Departure.

4. (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.

5. (n.) Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.

GOING; GOINGS

go'-ing, go'-ingz: Besides, occasionally, forms of the common words for "go" (see Go), for "going" and "goings," the Hebrew has 'ashshur ('ashur, 'ashur), "step," motsa', totsa'oth, "goings out," "outgoings." The word "goings" is sometimes used literally, as in Numbers 33:2, "Moses wrote their goings out" (Hebrew motsa'). "Going up," ma`aleh, is in many passages rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (as in Numbers 34:4 2 Samuel 15:30 the King James Version) "ascent," as e.g. Joshua 15:7 Judges 1:36 Nehemiah 12:37 (the American Standard Revised Version only). In Ezekiel 44:5, the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "egress" (way out or place of exit) for "going forth." "The goings out (place of exit; hence, boundary) of it" (Numbers 34:4, 5, 9, 12 the King James Version) occurs frequently. The verbal forms bo', mabho', also me`al (Daniel 6:14), are used of the sunset, "the going down of the sun." Thus Joshua 8:29 the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version "as soon as the sun was down."

In the New Testament, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "going out" for "gone out" (sbennumi) (Matthew 25:8); "going up" for "ascending" (Luke 19:28); "going in" for "coming in" (Acts 9:28); "going about" for "wandering" (1 Timothy 5:13); "seeking" for "going about" (Romans 10:3).

Metaphorically: "Goings" is used for a man's ways or conduct (Psalm 17:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "steps"; Psalm 40:2 Proverbs 14:15, etc.). In Psalm 17:5 "Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not" becomes in the Revised Version (British and American) "My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped"; Proverbs 5:21, "He pondereth all his goings," is in the Revised Version (British and American) "He maketh level all his paths," in "weigheth carefully"; conversely, in Psalm 37:23, the Revised Version (British and American) has "goings" for "steps"; in James 1:11 "goings" for "ways." In the important prophetic passage, Micah 5:2, it is said of the Ruler from Bethlehem, "whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting," the Revised Version (British and American) "are from of old, from everlasting," margin "from ancient days." Of God it is said in Habakkuk 3:6 "His ways are everlasting," the Revised Version (British and American) "His goings were as of old," margin "His ways are everlasting."

W. L. Walker

3847. parabasis -- a going aside, a transgression
... a going aside, a transgression. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
parabasis Phonetic Spelling: (par-ab'-as-is) Short Definition: a transgression ...
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304. anabathmos -- a going up, an ascent
... a going up, an ascent. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: anabathmos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ab-ath-mos') Short Definition: a step, a flight of ...
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4274. prodromos -- a running forward, going in advance
... a running forward, going in advance. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
prodromos Phonetic Spelling: (prod'-rom-os) Short Definition: a precursor ...
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5222. hupantesis -- a going to meet
... a going to meet. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hupantesis Phonetic
Spelling: (hoop-an'-tay-sis) Short Definition: a meeting Definition: a ...
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5217. hupago -- to lead or bring under, to lead on slowly, to ...
... authority (mission, objective). 5217 (literally, "going under") indicates
a which is only defined by the . Word Origin from hupo ...
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4013. periago -- to lead around, to go about
... Word Origin from peri and ago Definition to lead around, to go about NASB Word Usage
around* (1), going (1), going through (1), going throughout (1), take ...
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1330. dierchomai -- to go through, go about, to spread
... to go through, go about, to spread NASB Word Usage come (1), coming (1), go (1),
go across (1), go over (2), go straight (1), go through (1), going (1), going ...
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565. aperchomai -- to go away, go after
... apo and erchomai Definition to go away, go after NASB Word Usage came (1), depart
(1), departed (3), drew (1), go (20), go away (6), go over (1), going away (1 ...
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4260. probaino -- to go forward
... Word Origin from pro and the same as basis Definition to go forward NASB Word
Usage advanced (3), going (1), going on...farther (1). advance. ...
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1607. ekporeuomai -- to make to go forth, to go forth
... 1607 (from 1537 , " from," intensifying 4198 , "take a particular ") -- properly,
go out from, emphasizing the come () of going through a particular or -- ie ...
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4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export ...
... a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. Transliteration: motsa
or motsa Phonetic Spelling: (mo-tsaw') Short Definition: exits. ...
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838. ashshur -- step, going
... 837, 838. ashshur. 839 . step, going. Transliteration: ashshur Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-shoor') Short Definition: step. ... going, step. ...
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1979. halikah -- a going, way, traveling company
... a going, way, traveling company. Transliteration: halikah Phonetic Spelling:
(hal-ee-kaw') Short Definition: procession. ... company, going, walk, way. ...
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4163. motsaah -- going forth
... going forth. Transliteration: motsaah Phonetic Spelling: (mo-tsaw-aw') Short Definition:
forth. ... of motsa Definition going forth NASB Word Usage goings forth (1). ...
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4606. meal -- a going in
... 4605, 4606. meal. 4607 . a going in. Transliteration: meal Phonetic Spelling:
(may-awl') Short Definition: sunset. Word ... 1). going down. ...
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4109. mahalak -- a walk, journey, a going
... 4108, 4109. mahalak. 4110 . a walk, journey, a going. Transliteration: mahalak
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hal-awk') Short Definition: walk. ...
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5750. od -- a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, beside
... od or od. 5751 . a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, beside.
Transliteration: od or od Phonetic Spelling: (ode) Short Definition: again. ...
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804a. ashur -- step, going
... step, going. Transliteration: ashur Short Definition: steps. Word Origin from ashar
Definition step, going NASB Word Usage footsteps (1), path (1), steps (5). ...
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804. Ashshuwr -- step, going
... 803, 804. Ashshuwr. 804a . step, going. Transliteration: Ashshuwr Phonetic
Spelling: (ash-shoor') Short Definition: Asshur. Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians ...
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6807. ts'adah -- a marching
... 6806, 6807. ts'adah. 6807a . a marching. Transliteration: ts'adah Phonetic
Spelling: (tseh-aw-daw') Short Definition: going. going, ornament of the legs ...
/hebrew/6807.htm - 5k

Going Home.
... GOING HOME. GOING HOME. 8,8,7,8,8,7. "But I would not have you to be ignomut,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye ...
//christianbookshelf.org/borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/going home.htm

Going to the Father
... GOING TO THE FATHER. ... It is to have that calm, patient, assured spirit,
which reduces life simply to this"a going to the Father. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/going to the father.htm

Going Forth
... GENESIS GOING FORTH. ... and what am I going to do when I have secured the nearer aims
necessarily prescribed to me?'. What that aim should be is not doubtful. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/going forth.htm

Going Home
... CHAPTER XIV GOING HOME. ... To the fellow-novice who helped him to bed he said
quietly, "I am going to die, you know, in a few days.". ...
/.../greater things the story of saint stanislaus kostka /chapter xiv going home.htm

Going Out and Going In
... II. PETER GOING OUT AND GOING IN. 'An entrance ... my decease.'"2 Peter
1:11, 15. I do not like, and do not often indulge in, the ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/going out and going in.htm

Going Home --A Christmas Sermon
... Going Home"A Christmas Sermon. A Sermon (No.109). ... Now, here is Christmas-day come
round again, and they are going home to see their friends. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/going homea christmas sermon.htm

Going Home. LM
... 522 Going Home. LM. ... Cho."I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home to die no
more, To die no more, to die no more, I'm going home to die no more. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/522 going home l m.htm

Unseen Changes Going On.
... Prayer Unseen Changes Going On. All this praying makes a difference at the
other end, the place toward which it is directed. Things ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/unseen changes going on.htm

Whether Sinners who are Going to be Baptized are Bound to Confess ...
... OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE BAPTISM (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether sinners who are going
to be baptized are bound to confess their sins? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sinners who are going.htm

While the Days are Going By. PM
... 412 While the Days Are Going By. PM. Daily Opportunity. There are lonely
hearts to cherish, While the days are going by; There are ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/412 while the days are.htm

Going (2561 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Go. 2. (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going
is bad. 3. (n.) Departure. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GOING; GOINGS. ...
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Going-out (1 Occurrence)
Going-out. Going, Going-out. Goings . Multi-Version Concordance
Going-out (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 3:25 Thou knowest ...
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Births (34 Occurrences)
... their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their
polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to ...
/b/births.htm - 17k

Sunset (18 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 11:30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down
of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over ...
/s/sunset.htm - 11k

A-whoring (35 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 17:7 and they sacrifice not any more their sacrifices to goats after which
they are going a-whoring; a statute age-during is this to them, to their ...
/a/a-whoring.htm - 17k

Barefoot (7 Occurrences)
... before Absalom "went barefoot," not to facilitate his flight, but to show his grief
(2 Samuel 15:30), and that Micah (Micah 1:8) makes "going barefoot" a sign ...
/b/barefoot.htm - 13k

Blown (30 Occurrences)
... bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown
with the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them ...
/b/blown.htm - 16k

Can't (180 Occurrences)
... " (WEB). John 8:21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you
will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come." (WEB) ...
/c/can't.htm - 34k

Becoming (75 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 5:13 And, at the same time, they learn also to be idle, going about to
people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking ...
/b/becoming.htm - 27k

Barefooted (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Samuel 15:30 And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping,
and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the ...
/b/barefooted.htm - 6k

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