Word

ἐπακολουθέω

epakolouthéō · G1872 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to devote oneself to, to give oneself to

To give or commit oneself wholeheartedly to something

Examples
1 Timothy 5:10 having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.
to happen along with, to happen at the same time, to accompany

To happen in conjunction with some other happening

Examples
Mark 16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.]] [[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]]
1 Timothy 5:24 The sins of some people are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.
to imitate, to do as others do

(An idiom, literally: to follow in the tracks) To behave in the same manner as someone else

Examples
1 Peter 2:21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

καίand 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διάthrough 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

אַחַר ʼachar · H310 · behind, after, following: Greek ἐπακολουθέω emphasizes the continuous action of accompanying or following closely after someone, while Hebrew אַחַר functions primarily as a preposition/adverb indicating spatial or temporal posteriority ('after', 'behind'), though both encode the core conceptual relationship of sequential movement or position relative to another entity.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To happen along with, to happen at the same time, to accompany13.113: This verb describes accompanying signs confirming a message, used of the longer ending of Mark's Gospel describing the Lord working with the disciples and confirming the word by the signs that followed — "the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed" (Mark 16:20).
To devote oneself to, to give oneself to25.79: It also describes devoting oneself to a pattern of good works, used of Paul's instruction concerning a widow's reputation for having devoted herself to every good work — "if she has devoted herself to every good work" (1 Timothy 5:10).
To imitate, to do as others do41.47: It also describes following in someone's example or footsteps, used of Peter's teaching that Christ suffered for believers, leaving an example so that they would follow in His steps — "leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps" (1 Peter 2:21).

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀκολουθέω akolouthéō · G190 · to follow, to come behind, to go behind · 90×ἐπακολουθέωepakolouthéō · G1872παρακολουθέω parakolouthéō · G3877 · to follow, to be a follower of, to conform to · 4×ἐξακολουθέω exakolouthéō · G1811 · to follow, to conform to, to imitate · 3×συνακολουθέω synakolouthéō · G4870 · to accompany, to follow · 3×κατακολουθέω katakolouthéō · G2628 · to follow along behind, to keep on following · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπακολούθω; 1 aorist ἐπηκολούθησα; to follow (close) upon, follow after; in the N. T.…

ἐπακολούθω; 1 aorist ἐπηκολούθησα; to follow (close) upon, follow after; in the N. T. only metaphorically, τοῖς ἴχνεσι τίνος, to tread in one's footsteps, i. e. to imitate his example, 1 Pet 2:21; with the dative of a person 1 Tim 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 Tim 5:10; used, with the dative of the person to be mentally supplied, of the miracles accompanying the preaching of Christ's ministers, Mk 16:20. (Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and following; occasionally in the Sept..)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Happen2 occurrences Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner1 occurrence Imitate Behavior1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0