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Lexicon :: Strong's G1872 - epakoloutheō

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ἐπακολουθέω
Transliteration
epakoloutheō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-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

ἐπακολουθέω epakolouthéō, ep-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o; from G1909 and G190; to accompany:—follow (after).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1872 in the following manner: follow (3x), follow after (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1872 in the following manner: follow (3x), follow after (1x).

  1. to follow (close) upon, follow after

  2. to tread in one's footsteps i.e. to imitate his example

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπακολουθέω epakolouthéō, ep-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o; from G1909 and G190; to accompany:—follow (after).
STRONGS G1872:
ἐπακολουθέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐπηκολούθησα; to follow (close) upon, follow after; in the N. T. only metaphorically, τοῖς ἴχνεσί τινος, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
16:20
1 Timothy
5:10; 5:24
1 Peter
2:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1872 matches the Greek ἐπακολουθέω (epakoloutheō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:8 - Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:3 - How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 - Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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