Greek verb · G1872
ἐπακολουθέω
epakoloutheoep-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o
to follow after
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epakolouthéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1872is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1872
to accompany
The King James renders it: follow (after).
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
epakoloutheo is rendered "to follow after". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
1 Timothy 5:10ἐπηκολούθησεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- she has followed after1
- they appear later1
- you may 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπακούω | epakouo | to listen to | Uses1 |
| ἐπακροάομαι | epakroaomai | to listen ro | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ἐπακολουθήσητε1
- ἐπακολουθοῦσιν1
- ἐπηκολούθησεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
1 Timothy
two uses
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- ἐπηκολούθησενepekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she has followed after
The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
- ἐπακολουθοῦσινepakolouthousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they appear later
1 Peter
one use
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
- ἐπακολουθήσητεepakoloutheseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may follow after
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.