G1811

ἐξακολουθέω

exakoloutheōG:V

to follow

ἐξ-ακολουθέω, -ῶ [in LXX Amo.2:4, Jer.2:2 (אַחַר הָלַךְ), Isa.56:11 (פָּנָה), Job.31:9 (פָּתָה ni.), Sir.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.3:1-30 :(41) * ;] to follow, follow up (in various senses): metaphorically, 2Pe.1:16 2:2 2:15 † (AS)

The KJV translates G1811 in the following manner:

follow (2x), followed (2x), following (2x), have (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐξακολουθέω — exakolouthéō

ἐξακολουθέω, ἐξακολούθω: future ἐξακολουθήσω; 1 aorist participle ἐξακολουθησας; to follow out or up, tread in one's steps;

a. τῇ ὁδῷ τίνος, metaphorically, to imitate one's way of acting: 2Pe 2:15, cf. Isa 56:11.

b. to follow one's authority: μύθοις, 2Pe 1:16; Josephus, Antiquities prooem. 4 (ἀρχηγοῖς, Clement of Rome, 1Co 14:1-40; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET]; δυσί βασιλεῦσι, Test xii. Patr., p. 643 (test. Zeb. § 9)).

c. to comply with, yield to: ἀσελγείαις (Rec. ἀπωλείαις), 2Pe 2:2, (πνεύμασι πλάνης, Test xii. Patr., p. 665 (test. Napht. § 3; τοῖς πονηροῖς διαβουλίοις, xii. Patr., p. 628 test. Isa. § 6); cf. also Amo 2:4; Job 31:9; Sir 5:2). Among secular authors, Polybius, Plutarch, occasionally use the word; (add Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb. § 24, p. 188, 7; Epictetus diss. 1, 22, 16).

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