ἀκολουθέωakolouthéō
properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. to accompany (specially, as a disciple)
Greek (New Testament) · G190
Meanings
to accompany, follow: Matthew 4:25, and elsewhere Metaph., of discipleship: Matthew 9:9, Mark 9:38, John 12:26, and elsewhere Absol.: Matthew 18:10; more frequently, with dative (classical Greek), Matthew 8:1, and elsewhere; followed by μετά, with gen, (classical Greek; Eutherford, N.Phr., 458 f.), Luke 9:49; ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אחֲֲרֵי), Matthew 10:38 (cf. ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, συν-ἀκολουθέω).
Synonyms
(classical Greek) ἕπομαι, not in NT.
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- παρακολουθέωparakolouthéō · G3877to follow near, i.e. (figuratively) attend (as a result), trace out, conform to
- συνακολουθέωsynakolouthéō · G4870to accompany
- ἐξακολουθέωexakolouthéō · G1811to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to
- ἐπακολουθέωepakolouthéō · G1872to accompany
- κατακολουθέωkatakolouthéō · G2628to accompany closely
Where it appears
Appears 90 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:20 And they left their nets at once and followed him.
- Matthew 4:22 They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
- Matthew 4:25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
- Matthew 8:1 Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside.
- Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!
- Matthew 8:19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
See every passage
- Matthew 4:20, 4:22, 4:25, 8:1, 8:10, 8:19, 8:22, 8:23, 9:9, 9:19, 9:27, 10:38, 12:15, 14:13, 16:24, 19:2, 19:21, 19:27, 19:28, 20:29, 20:34, 21:9, 26:58, 27:55
- Mark 1:18, 2:14, 2:15, 3:7, 5:24, 6:1, 8:34, 9:38, 10:21, 10:28, 10:32, 10:52, 11:9, 14:13, 14:54, 15:41
- Luke 5:11, 5:27, 5:28, 7:9, 9:11, 9:23, 9:49, 9:57, 9:59, 9:61, 18:22, 18:28, 18:43, 22:10, 22:39, 22:54, 23:27
- John 1:37, 1:38, 1:40, 1:43, 6:2, 8:12, 10:4, 10:5, 10:27, 11:31, 12:26, 13:36, 13:37, 18:15, 20:6, 21:19, 21:20, 21:22
- Acts 12:8, 12:9, 13:43, 21:36
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
- Revelation 6:8, 14:4, 14:8, 14:9, 14:13, 19:14
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.