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Lexicon :: Strong's G1811 - exakoloutheō

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ἐξακολουθέω
Transliteration
exakoloutheō (Key)
Pronunciation
ex-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:215,33

Strong’s Definitions

ἐξακολουθέω exakolouthéō, ex-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o; from G1537 and G190; to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to:—follow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1811 in the following manner: follow (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1811 in the following manner: follow (3x).

  1. to follow out or up, tread in one's steps

    1. metaph., to imitate one's ways of acting

    2. to follow one's authority

    3. to comply with, yield to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐξακολουθέω exakolouthéō, ex-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o; from G1537 and G190; to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to:—follow.
STRONGS G1811:
ἐξακολουθέω, -ῶ: future ἐξακολουθήσω; 1 aorist participle ἐξακολουθήσας; to follow out or up, tread in one's steps;
a. τῇ ὁδῷ τινος, metaphorically, to imitate one's way of acting: 2 Peter 2:15, cf. Isaiah 56:11.
b. to follow one's authority: μύθοις, 2 Peter 1:16; Josephus, Antiquities prooem. 4, (ἀρχηγοῖς, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 14, 1; δυσὶ βασιλεῦσι, Test xii. Patr., p. 643 [test. Zeb. § 9]).
c. to comply with, yield to: ἀσελγείαις [Rec. ἀπωλείαις], 2 Peter 2:2, (πνεύμασι πλάνης, Test xii. Patr., p. 665 [test. Napht. § 3; τοῖς πονηροῖς διαβουλίοις, 12 Patr., p. 628 test. Isa. § 6]; cf. also Amos 2:4; Job 31:9; Sir. 5:2). Among secular authors, Polybius, Plutarch, occasionally use the word; [add Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb. § 24, p. 188, 7; Epictetus diss. 1, 22, 16].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
31:9
Isaiah
56:11
Amos
2:4
2 Peter
1:16; 2:2; 2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1811 matches the Greek ἐξακολουθέω (exakoloutheō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:16 - For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
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