ἘΠΗΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥΝ, ἐπηκολουθουν
EPĒKOLOUTHOUN, epēkolouthoun
Sounds Like: ep-ay-ko-LOO-thoon
Translations: they were following, they followed after, they accompanied
From the root: ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'ἐπακολουθέω' (epakoloutheo). It means to follow after, accompany, or attend upon someone or something. The imperfect tense indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past, suggesting that 'they were following' or 'they kept on following'. It implies a close and persistent following, often in the sense of adhering to someone's teachings or example.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 9:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙΝ — to follow after, to accompany, to attend, to conform to
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙΤΩ — let him follow, let him accompany, let him attend
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having followed, having accompanied, having attended, having ensued
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΑΤΕ — follow, accompany, attend, imitate, obey
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΕΙΣ — you will follow, you will accompany, you will attend, you will conform to
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΙΝ — following, a following, consequence, result, conformity
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥΝΤΑΣ — following after, accompanying, attending, those following, those accompanying
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥΝΤΩΝ — following, accompanying, attending, ensuing, of those following, of those accompanying
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥΣΙΝ — they follow, they accompany, they attend, they ensue
- ἘΠΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΩΝ — following, accompanying, attending, conforming to
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