What does κατακολουθέω (katakolouthéō) mean in the Bible?
κατακολουθέω (katakolouthéō) is a Greek word meaning "to accompany closely".
Greek · G2628
κατακολουθέω
To accompany closely
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κατακολουθέω G2628
Pronunciation katakolouthéō
What does κατακολουθέω (katakolouthéō) mean in the Bible?
κατακολουθέω (katakolouthéō) is a Greek word meaning "to accompany closely".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2628?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include followed (2).
Where does κατακολουθέω (katakolouthéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:55. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It followed 2× Luke 23:55, Acts 16:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 23:55
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
Κατακολουθήσασαι 1x Katakolouthēsasai Luke 23:55
κατακολουθοῦσα 1x katakolouthousa Acts 16:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 23:55
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 16:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to accompany closely
Source Gloss
to accompany closely
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 23:55 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Feminine
κατακολουθήσασαι katakolouqhsasai
I follow after
Read verse Acts 16:17 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
κατακολουθήσασα katakolouqhsasa
I follow after
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατακολουθέω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain