ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΣ, ἀκολουθος
AKOLOUTHOS, akolouthos
Sounds Like: ah-ko-LOO-thos
Translations: following, accompanying, suitable, consistent, a follower, an attendant
From the root: ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that follows or accompanies another. As an adjective, it can mean 'following', 'suitable', or 'consistent'. As a noun, it refers to a 'follower' or 'attendant'. It is often used to describe a logical consequence or something that is in agreement with a principle.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G196 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:240
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΑ — following, accompanying, consistent, suitable, appropriate, things that follow, things that accompany, things that are suitable, things that are appropriate
- ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΙΣ — followers, attendants, companions, disciples
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