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To accompany

συνακολουθέωStrong’s G4870

sunakoloutheō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sunakoloutheō is the Greek word usually translated “follow”, “was accompanying” and “having followed”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.”
Mark 5:37 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “follow”, “was accompanying” and “having followed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to follow 1
  • was accompanying 1
  • having followed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 2
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

συνακολουθέω sunakoloutheō · to accompany

συν-ακολουθέω, -ῶ [in LXX: 2Ma.2:4 2Mac 2:6 * ;] to follow along with, accompany: with dative of person(s), Mrk.14:51, Luk.23:49; before μετά, with genitive of person(s), Mrk.5:37.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “accompany” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ACCOM'PANY, verb transitive

[See Company.]

  1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate on a journey, walk, etc.; as a man accompanies his friend to church, or on a tour.
  2. To be with as connected; to attend; as pain accompanies disease.
All definitions and other forms of “accompany”

    ACCOM'PANY, verb intransitive

    1. To attend; to be an associate; as to accompany with others. obsolete
    2. To cohabit.
    3. In music, to perform the accompanying part in a composition.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.