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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 - ‘Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves cast metal gods; I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 -

‘Do not turn to [fn]mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 -

‘As for the person who turns to [fn]mediums and to spiritists, to play the prostitute with them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - “But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he [fn]entered, and his [fn]descendants shall take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - be careful that you are not ensnared [fn]to follow them, after they are destroyed from your presence, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD went forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:8 - “Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people [fn]melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - “So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘The land on which your foot has walked shall certainly be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD God of Israel fully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:3 -

“What advice you have given to one without wisdom!

What helpful insight you have abundantly [fn]provided!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 -

“If my step has turned from the way,

Or my heart [fn]followed my eyes,

Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 -

Suddenly he follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or as [fn]one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 -

“Incline your ear and come to Me.

Listen, that [fn]you may live;

And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

According to the faithful mercies [fn]shown to David.

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