Strong G3877παρακολουθέω
to follow
- Transliteration
- parakoloutheō
- Pronunciation
- par-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρ-ακολουθέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:11 2Mac 9:27 R*;]
with dative, to follow closely, accompany. Metaphorical, in various senses,
__(a) to result: Mrk.16:17;
__(b) to follow up, trace, investigate: Luk.1:3 (so frequently in cl.);
__(with) to follow as a standard of conduct: 1Ti.4:6, 2Ti.3:10. (For exx. from π., see MM, xviii.)†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:11 2Mac 9:27 R*;]
with dative, to follow closely, accompany. Metaphorical, in various senses,
__(a) to result: Mrk.16:17;
__(b) to follow up, trace, investigate: Luk.1:3 (so frequently in cl.);
__(with) to follow as a standard of conduct: 1Ti.4:6, 2Ti.3:10. (For exx. from π., see MM, xviii.)†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3877 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- attain1
- follow1
- have1
- know1
- understanding1
First verses
- Mark 16:17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
- Luke 1:3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
- 1 Timothy 4:6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
- 2 Timothy 3:10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παρᾰκολουθ-έω,
follow or attend closely, dog one's steps, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 725; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν εἴδωλον ἑκάστῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 266c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14,69, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 124; οὓς σὺ ζῶντας μέν, ὦ κίναδος, κολακεύων παρηκολούθεις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.162; πόροι κατὰ πάντα τὸν πλεύμονα παρακολουθοῦντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a29)]; accrue, especially of loss or damage, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 3.168.24 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 18.15 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 make a succession of growths, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.4.8.)]
II metaphorically, follow closely, attend minutely to, π. τῷ νοσήματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b)]; π. ἅπασι [τοῖς πονηρεύμασι] trace accurately all his knaveries, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.257; π. τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς [prev. author] 18.172)]; π. χρόνοις follow all the times and dates, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.20, cf. NT.Luke.1.3)]; τοῖς δικαίοις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 1)]; π. ταῖς τιμαῖς (prices) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 28.26 (3rd c.BC))]; τῇ Ὁνοράτου κρίσει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 653.29 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 of an audience, προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ π. εὐμαθῶς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.116)]: generally, follow with the mind, understand, π. τῷ πῶς.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.12.7, etc.: as Stoic term, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.33, etc.)]; παρακολουθεῖν τούτῳ ὅτι.. understand that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 2.26.3)]; simply, π. ὅτι.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.554)]; διότι.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.132 (3rd c.BC))]: with participle, π. ἐλεγχόμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.5.21: with _accusative_, τίς παρακολουθεῖ ταῦτ; 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.25)]; π. τὰ ἐψηφισμένα become acquainted with.., [Refs (“GDI” 4940.8 (Cretan dialect), compare “BSA” 29.64 (Eretrian, found at Sparta), “IG” 11(4).1065a17 (from Delos), etc.: in later Philosophy, ἑαυτῷ π)]. to be conscious, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.4.5)]; especially to be self-conscious, νοῦν νοοῦντα μόνον, μὴ παρακολουθοῦντα δὲ ἑαυτῷ ὅτι νοεῖ [Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.9.1, compare 4.4.37, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.4, 14.)]
II.3 of things, πυρετοὶ π. μοι καὶ ἀλγήματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.17.2)]; τῷ βίῳ π. keep company with, keep close to, of things that benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.262; αὐτοῖς π. ἡ ἔχθρα [ἡ] παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.98)]; of rules, hold good throughout, δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς ἱππικῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.14.)]
II.4 of a logical property, τὸ ἀεὶ παρακολουθοῦν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131b9; also of the genus, [prev. work] 125b28, compare 123a19)]; of notions inseparably connected one with another, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 8a33, “Metaphorical” 1054a14)]; of cause and effect, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 99a17)]; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν τινι constant attribute, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 8, 19, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 4.3)]; to be proper to, ταῖς αἰσθηταῖς [ἁρμονίαις] [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.6.3.)]
follow or attend closely, dog one's steps, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 725; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν εἴδωλον ἑκάστῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 266c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14,69, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 124; οὓς σὺ ζῶντας μέν, ὦ κίναδος, κολακεύων παρηκολούθεις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.162; πόροι κατὰ πάντα τὸν πλεύμονα παρακολουθοῦντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a29)]; accrue, especially of loss or damage, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 3.168.24 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 18.15 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 make a succession of growths, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.4.8.)]
II metaphorically, follow closely, attend minutely to, π. τῷ νοσήματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b)]; π. ἅπασι [τοῖς πονηρεύμασι] trace accurately all his knaveries, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.257; π. τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς [prev. author] 18.172)]; π. χρόνοις follow all the times and dates, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.20, cf. NT.Luke.1.3)]; τοῖς δικαίοις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 1)]; π. ταῖς τιμαῖς (prices) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 28.26 (3rd c.BC))]; τῇ Ὁνοράτου κρίσει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 653.29 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 of an audience, προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ π. εὐμαθῶς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.116)]: generally, follow with the mind, understand, π. τῷ πῶς.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.12.7, etc.: as Stoic term, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.33, etc.)]; παρακολουθεῖν τούτῳ ὅτι.. understand that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 2.26.3)]; simply, π. ὅτι.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.554)]; διότι.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.132 (3rd c.BC))]: with participle, π. ἐλεγχόμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.5.21: with _accusative_, τίς παρακολουθεῖ ταῦτ; 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.25)]; π. τὰ ἐψηφισμένα become acquainted with.., [Refs (“GDI” 4940.8 (Cretan dialect), compare “BSA” 29.64 (Eretrian, found at Sparta), “IG” 11(4).1065a17 (from Delos), etc.: in later Philosophy, ἑαυτῷ π)]. to be conscious, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.4.5)]; especially to be self-conscious, νοῦν νοοῦντα μόνον, μὴ παρακολουθοῦντα δὲ ἑαυτῷ ὅτι νοεῖ [Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.9.1, compare 4.4.37, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.4, 14.)]
II.3 of things, πυρετοὶ π. μοι καὶ ἀλγήματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.17.2)]; τῷ βίῳ π. keep company with, keep close to, of things that benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.262; αὐτοῖς π. ἡ ἔχθρα [ἡ] παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.98)]; of rules, hold good throughout, δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς ἱππικῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.14.)]
II.4 of a logical property, τὸ ἀεὶ παρακολουθοῦν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131b9; also of the genus, [prev. work] 125b28, compare 123a19)]; of notions inseparably connected one with another, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 8a33, “Metaphorical” 1054a14)]; of cause and effect, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 99a17)]; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν τινι constant attribute, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 8, 19, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 4.3)]; to be proper to, ταῖς αἰσθηταῖς [ἁρμονίαις] [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.6.3.)]