STRONGS G1872:
ἐπακολουθέω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist
ἐπηκολούθησα;
to follow (close)
upon, follow after; in the
N. T. only metaphorically,
τοῖς ἴχνεσί τινος, to tread in one's footsteps,
i. e. to imitate his example,
1 Peter 2:21; with the dative of a person
1 Timothy 5:24 (opposed to
προάγω,
to go before; the meaning is, 'the sins of some men are manifest now, even before they are called to account, but the misdeeds of others are exposed when finally judgment is held'; cf. Huther [or Ellicott] at the passage);
ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ, to be devoted to good works,
1 Timothy 5:10; used, with the dative of the person to be mentally supplied, of the miracles accompanying the preaching of Christ's ministers,
Mark 16:20. (Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and following; occasionally in the
Sept.)
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