Word

συνακολουθέω

synakolouthéō · G4870 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to accompany, to follow

To accompany someone, with explicit marking of association

Examples
Mark 5:37 And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
Mark 14:51 A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.
Luke 23:49 And all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

How it’s used In 5 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

3 occurrences in 3 groups

νεανίσκοςyoung man 1
οὐδείςno one 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

μετάwith, after+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
ἀπόfrom+ ΓαλιλαίαGalilee 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γυνήwoman, wife 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 1

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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Near synonyms 1 word

συνέπομαι synépomai · G4902 · to accompany, to follow: συνακολουθέω and συνέπομαι both denote accompanying or following someone in company. They are near-synonymous verbs for the same act of joint travel or attendance.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To accompany, to follow15.157: Mark records that Jesus “allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James” (Mark 5:37).

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×ἐπακολουθέω epakolouthéō · G1872 · to devote oneself to, to give oneself to, to happen along with · 4×παρακολουθέω parakolouthéō · G3877 · to follow, to be a follower of, to conform to · 4×ἐξακολουθέω exakolouthéō · G1811 · to follow, to conform to, to imitate · 3×συνακολουθέωsynakolouthéō · G4870κατακολουθέω katakolouthéō · G2628 · to follow along behind, to keep on following · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συνακολούθω; imperfect συνηκολουθουν; 1 aorist συνηκολούθησα; from Aristophanes,…

συνακολούθω; imperfect συνηκολουθουν; 1 aorist συνηκολούθησα; from Aristophanes, Thucydides, Isocrates down; to follow together with others, to accompany: τίνι, one, Mk 5:37 (whereas Lachmann has ἀκολουθῆσαι); Mk 14:51 L T Tr WH; Lk 23:49.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Follow, Accompany3 occurrences

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