Strong's Concordance parakoloutheó: to follow closely, to investigate Original Word: παρακολουθέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parakoloutheó Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o) Short Definition: I accompany, follow closely, investigate Definition: I accompany, follow closely, characterize, both lit. and met.; I investigate. HELPS Word-studies 3877 parakolouthéō (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 190 /akolouthéō, "follow") – properly, follow closely, especially through a detailed comparing; follow after closely to resemble (illustrate, play out) what leads. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3877: παρακολουθέωπαρακολουθέω, παρακολούθω: future παρακολουθήσω; 1 aorist παρηκολούθησα (1 Timothy 4:6 L marginal reading WH marginal reading; 2 Timothy 3:10 L T Tr WH text); perfect παρηκολούθηκα; 1. to follow after; so to follow one as to be always at his side (see παρά, IV. 1); to follow close, accompany (so from Aristophanes and Xenophon down). 2. metaphorically, a. to be always present, to attend one wherever he goes: τίνι, Mark 16:17 (where Tr WH text ἀκολουθησει, which see). b. to follow up a thing in mind so as to attain to the knowledge of it, i. e. to understand (cf. our follow a matter up, trace its course, etc.); to examine thoroughly, investigate: πᾶσιν (i. e. πράγμασιν), all things that have taken place, Luke 1:3 (very often so in Greek auth, as Demosthenes, pro cor. c. 53 (p. 285, 23)). c. to follow faithfully namely, a standard or rule, to conform oneself to: with a dative of the thing, 1 Timothy 4:6; 2 Timothy 3:10 (2 Macc. 9:27). Cf. the full discussion of this word by Grimm in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1871, p. 46f. From para and akoloutheo; to follow near, i.e. (figuratively) attend (as a result), trace out, conform to -- attain, follow, fully know, have understanding. see GREEK para see GREEK akoloutheo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 38773 Occurrences παρηκολούθηκας — 1 Occ. παρηκολουθηκότι — 1 Occ. παρηκολούθησάς — 1 Occ. Luke 1:3 V-RPA-DMS GRK: ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν NAS: for me as well, having investigated everything KJV: having had perfect understanding of all things INT: it seemed good also to me having been acquainted from the first will all things 1 Timothy 4:6 V-RIA-2S 2 Timothy 3:10 V-AIA-2S |