ἀκολουθέω

akoloutheō
to follow
Strong’s G190Verb90 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

followed18
do follow14
following10
they followed7
was following6
were following5
he should follow4
he was following4

In the text

Abbott-Smith

ἀκολουθέω, -ῶ
(ἀκόλουθος, following; ἀ- cop., κέλευθος, poët., away), [in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ ;]
to accompany, follow: Mat.4:25, al. Metaphorical, of discipleship: Mat.9:9, Mrk.9:38, Jhn.12:26, al. Absol.: Mat.18:10; more freq., with dative (cl.), Mat.8:1, al.; before μετά, with genitive, (cl.; Eutherford, N.Phr., 458 f.), Luk.9:49; ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אָהֲרֵי), Mat.10:38 (cf. ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, συν-ἀκολουθέω).
SYN.: (cl.) ἕπομαι, not in NT (see Cremer, 80; MM, VGT, see word).
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.