Quick Definition
ἐξακολουθέω v. I follow after, imitate
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 190; to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to
KJV Usage: follow
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀκολουθέω
36.33 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Follow, Be a Disciple
to follow, to conform to to conform as a follower in a detailed or dependent manner In some instances it may be necessary to translate ἐξακολουθήσαντες in 2PE 1:16 as ‘to use’ or ‘to repeat,’ since such expressions may fit the context more satisfactorily.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-ακολουθέω, -@: fut. ἐξακολουθήσω; 1 aor. ptep. ἐξαKodovOncas; to follow out or up, tread in one’s steps; a. τῇ ὁδῷ twos, metaph., to imitate one’s way of acting: 2 Pet. ii. 15, ef. Is. lvi. 11. b. to follow one’s authority: μύθοις, 2 Pet.i.16; Joseph. antt. prooem. 4, (ἀρχηyots, Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 14,1; δυσὶ βασιλεῦσι, Test. xii. Patr. p. 643 [test. Zeb. § 9]). ce. to comply with, yield lo: ἀσελγείαις [Rec. ἀπωλείαις]. 2 Pet. ii. 2, (πνεύμασι πλάνης, Test. xii. Patr. p. 665 [test. Napht. § 3; τοῖς πονηροῖς διαβουλίοις, xii. Patr. p. 628 test. Is. § 6]; cf. also Am. ii. 4; Job xxxi.9; Sir. ν. 2). Among prof. auth. Polyb., Plut. occasionally use the word; [add Dion. Hal. de comp. verb. § 24 p. 188, 7; Epictet. diss. 1, 22, 16].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξακολουθέω exakoloutheō 3x
to follow out; to imitate, 2 Pet. 2:2, 15; to observe as a guide, 2 Pet. 1:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐξ-ακολουθέω, -ῶ
[in LXX Am 2:4, Je 2:2 (אַחַר הָלַךְ), Is 56:11 (פָּנָה), Jb 31:9 (פָּתָה ni.), Si 5:2, Da LXX TH 3:(41)* ;]
to follow, follow up (in various senses): metaph., II Pe 1:16 2:2 ,15 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξακολουθέω. This compound (2 Pet 115, 2215) is often used with reference to ‘‘merited” punishment, e.g. P Par 627-10 (118...) τοῖς δ᾽ ἐγλαβοῦσι ἐξακολουθήσεται τὰ ὑποκείμενα πρόστιμα, and 70. 63130 (B.c. 165), P Tebt I. 5182 (B.c. 118) ἀπολύεσθαι τῶν ἐξακολουθο[ύντων αὐ]τ[οἷς προσ]τίμων, “be released from the penalties which they have incurred,” PSI III. 168% (p.c. 118) ἵν᾽, ἐὰν ἐνσχεθῶσι, τύχωσι τῶν ἐξακολουθούντων (sc. προστίμων), P Rein 1γ}5 (B.c. 109) οἱ [δὲ] αἴτιοι τύχωσι τῶν ἐξακολουθούντων. Cf. BGU IV. 1208 (B.c. 27) τὴν δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξηκολουθηκυῖαν ὕβριν, P Oxy IX. 1203% (late i/A.D.) ἐγχαθόμενος τῆς ἐξακολ[ο]υθούσης αὐτῷ εὐθύνης, ‘heedless of the reckoning that would follow” (Ed.). From the inscriptions we may cite the notice on the marble barrier of the Temple at Jerusalem, threatening death to any Gentile who was caught penetrating into the inner court—és δ᾽ ἂν ληφθῇ, ἑαυτῶι αἴτιος ἔσται διὰ τὸ ἐξακολουθεῖν θάνατον (OG/S 5985—i/A.p.). For the meaning “devolve,” ‘rest upon,” see P Ryl II. 16319 (A.D. 139) THs βεβαιώσεως διὰ παντός μοι ἐξ]ακολουθούσης, “the duty of guaranteeing the sale perpetually resting upon me”’ (Edd.), 26. 3238 (A.D. 124-5), P Tebt 11. 37615 (a.p. 162) ἀντὶ τῶν ἐξακολουθούντων τῇ μιᾷ τετάρτῳ ἀρού[ρᾳ] ἐκφορίων, ‘at the rent devolving upon the 1} arourae ” (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξακολουθέω (exakoloutheō) — to follow. ἐξᾰκολουθέω, follow, of persons, τοῖς φίλοις [NT+2nd c.BC+]
2. of things, follow, result from, with dative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; attend, with dative, εὔνοια, φήμη ἐ. τινί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially of penalties, ἐ. πρόστιμά τισι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also of obligations, fall on one, [Refs]
3. absolutely, follow, result, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also of logical consequences, πάντα ταῦτα ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]