Epakoloutheo means “accompany” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1872 — dera (“arm”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1872 ἐπακολουθέω (epakoloutheo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epakoloutheo (ep-ak-ol-ou-theh'-o) v. 1. to accompany [from G1909 and G190] It has 19 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include follow, following, and followed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epakoloutheo (ep-ak-ol-ou-theh'-o) v. 1. to accompany [from G1909 and G190] KJV: follow (after) Root(s): G1909, G190
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to follow after
Usage: ἐπ-ακολουθέω, -ῶ [in LXX (chiefly metaphorically) for אָחַר, הָלַךְ, etc. ;] to follow after; in NT metaphorically; absol.: Mrk.16:20 (illustrated by use in verifying accounts; see MM, Exp., xiv; Milligan; NTD, 78); with dative of person(s), of sins, 1Ti.5:24 (cf. Ellic. and CGT, in l); τ. ἴχνεσιν, 1Pe.2:21; ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ, 1Ti.5:10.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epakoloutheo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1872 (ἐπακολουθέω) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.
And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a-whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
So ye, and all that inherit the coast of Israel, shall pursue them, and overthrow them as they go.
In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, In that they withstood the enemy, And withheld the people from sin, And appeased the wicked murmuring.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1872.
Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.
And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a-whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.
take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act toward their gods? I will do likewise.
And let seven priests having seven sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.
My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied myself to follow the Lord my God.
And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land on which thou art gone up, it shall be thy inheritance and thy children’s forever, because thou hast applied thyself to follow the Lord our God.
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel.
To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? Whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
If my foot has turned aside out of the way, Or if my heart has followed mine eye, And if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, And as a dog to bonds, Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
So ye, and all that inherit the coast of Israel, shall pursue them, and overthrow them as they go.
In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, In that they withstood the enemy, And withheld the people from sin, And appeased the wicked murmuring.
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Epakoloutheo (Strong's G1872) is a Greek word most simply glossed "accompany". epakoloutheo (ep-ak-ol-ou-theh'-o) v. 1. to accompany [from G1909 and G190]
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G1872 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1872 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as follow, following, and followed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1872, with linked reader references where each row is available.