Lexicon epakoloutheó: to follow after Original Word: ἐπακολουθέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epakoloutheó Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o) Short Definition: I follow close after, endorse Definition: I follow close after, accompany, dog; I imitate, pursue, am studious of. HELPS word-Studies 1872 epakolouthéō (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting," which intensifies 190 /akolouthéō, "to follow") – properly, follow along as "fitting," i.e. as it morally corresponds to what leads; hence, to follow in close correspondence (connection). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and akoloutheóDefinitionto follow after NASB Translationdevoted herself (1), follow (1), follow after (1), followed (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1872: ἐπακολουθέωἐπακολουθέω, 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 Peter 2:21; with the dative of a person 1 Timothy 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 Timothy 5:10; used, with the dative of the person to be mentally supplied, of the miracles accompanying the preaching of Christ's ministers, Mark 16:20. ( Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and following; occasionally in the Sept..)
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