1872. epakoloutheó
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epakoloutheó: to follow after
Original Word: ἐπακολουθέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epakoloutheó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o)
Short Definition: I follow close after, endorse
Definition: I follow close after, accompany, dog; I imitate, pursue, am studious of.

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1872 epakolouthéō (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting," which intensifies 190 /akolouthéō, "to follow") – properly, follow along as "fitting," i.e. as it morally corresponds to what leads; hence, to follow in close correspondence (connection).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from epi and akoloutheó
Definition
to follow after
NASB Translation
devoted herself (1), follow (1), follow after (1), followed (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 1872: ἐπακολουθέω

ἐπακολουθέω, ἐπακολούθω; 1 aorist ἐπηκολούθησα; to follow (close) upon, follow after; in the N. T. only metaphorically, τοῖς ἴχνεσι τίνος, to tread in one's footsteps, i. e. to imitate his example, 1 Peter 2:21; with the dative of a person 1 Timothy 5:24 (opposed to προάγω, to go before; the meaning is, 'the sins of some men are manifest now, even before they are called to account, but the misdeeds of others are exposed when finally judgment is held'; cf. Huther (or Ellicott) at the passage); ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ, to be devoted to good works, 1 Timothy 5:10; used, with the dative of the person to be mentally supplied, of the miracles accompanying the preaching of Christ's ministers, Mark 16:20. (Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and following; occasionally in the Sept..)



Strong's
follow after.

From epi and akoloutheo; to accompany -- follow (after).

see GREEK epi

see GREEK akoloutheo

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