Greek verb · G1811
ἐξακολουθέω
exakoloutheoex-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o
to follow
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: exakolouthéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1811is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1811
to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to
The King James renders it: follow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
exakoloutheo is rendered "to follow". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Peter, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2 Peter 1:16ἐξακολουθήσαντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in 2 Peter.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having followed2
- will follow after1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἑξακόσιοι | hexakosioi | six hundred | Uses2 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐξακολουθήσαντες2
- ἐξακολουθήσουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-AAP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
2 Peter
three uses
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- ἐξακολουθήσαντεςexakolouthesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having followed
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
- ἐξακολουθήσουσινexakolouthesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will follow after
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- ἐξακολουθήσαντεςexakolouthesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having followed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.