Greek verb · G190
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheoak-ol-oo-theh'-o
to follow
90 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: akolouthéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G190is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 26spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G190
properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. to accompany (specially, as a disciple)
The King James renders it: follow, reach.
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
akoloutheo is rendered "to follow". It stands 90 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Twenty-five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:20And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Matthew 4:20ἠκολούθησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-five of the word's ninety uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- followed18
- do follow14
- following10
- they followed7
- was following6
- Were following5
- he should follow4
- he was following4
- follow3
- I will follow3
- to follow3
- having followed2
and 10 more, 90 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 90, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 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
- ἠκολούθησαν18
- ἠκολούθει14
- ἀκολούθει11
- ἠκολούθησεν8
- ἀκολουθεῖ4
- ἀκολουθείτω4
- ἀκολουθοῦντες4
- ἀκολουθήσω3
- ἀκολουθῆσαι2
- ἀκολουθήσατε2
- ἀκολουθοῦσιν2
- ἀκολουθῶν2
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural18V-AAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular14V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular12V-PAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular4V-PAM-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4V-PAP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-FAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IAI-3P
Matthew
twenty-five uses
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
- ἀκολουθοῦσινakolouthousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: following
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
- ἀκολουθήσωakolouthesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will follow
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he followed
So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- ἀκολουθεῖakoloutheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: follows
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- ἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should follow
Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
- ἠκολουθήσαμένekolouthesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we followed
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- ἀκολουθήσαντέςakolouthesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having followed
As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
- ἀκολουθοῦντεςakolouthountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: following
But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was following
And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
Mark
eighteen uses
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he followed
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
- ἠκολούθουνekolouthounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were following
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was following
Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.
- ἀκολουθοῦσινakolouthousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: follow
Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- ἀκολουθεῖνakoloutheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to follow
- ἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should follow
John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was following
Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
- ἠκολουθήκαμένekolouthekamenverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: have followed
As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
- ἀκολουθοῦντεςakolouthountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: following
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was following
The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
- ἀκολουθοῦντεςakolouthountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: following
So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
- ἀκολουθήσατεakolouthesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do follow
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
- ἠκολούθουνekolouthounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were following
Luke
seventeen uses
And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was following
When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”
- ἀκολουθοῦντιakolouthountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: following
But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- ἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should follow
“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- ἀκολουθεῖakoloutheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he follows
As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
- ἀκολουθήσωakolouthesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will follow
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- ἀκολουθήσωakolouthesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will follow
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
- ἠκολουθήσαμένekolouthesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: followed
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was following
He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,
- ἀκολουθήσατεakolouthesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do follow
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was following
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
- Ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Were following
John
nineteen uses
And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they followed
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
- ἀκολουθοῦνταςakolouthountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: following
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
- ἀκολουθησάντωνakolouthesantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having followed
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was following
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- ἀκολουθῶνakolouthonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: following
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
- ἀκολουθεῖakoloutheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: follow
But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
- ἀκολουθήσουσινakolouthesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will follow
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- ἀκολουθοῦσίνakolouthousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they follow
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- ἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should follow
“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
- ἀκολουθῆσαιakolouthesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to follow
- ἀκολουθήσειςakoloutheseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will follow
“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”
- ἀκολουθῆσαιakolouthesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to follow
Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
- Ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Were following
Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.
- ἀκολουθῶνakolouthonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: following
Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”
- ἀκολουθοῦνταakolouthountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: following
Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
- ἀκολούθει.¶akoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
Acts
four uses
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
- ἀκολούθειakoloutheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do follow
So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was following
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
- ἠκολούθησανekolouthesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: followed
For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Were following
1 Corinthians
one use
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- ἀκολουθούσηςakolouthousesverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: accompanying
Revelation
six uses
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was following
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
- ἀκολουθοῦντεςakolouthountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: following
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
- ἠκολούθησενekolouthesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: followed
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- ἀκολουθεῖakoloutheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: follow
The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
- ἠκολούθειekoloutheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were following
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
