STRONGS G1811:
ἐξακολουθέω,
-ῶ: future
ἐξακολουθήσω; 1 aorist participle
ἐξακολουθήσας;
to follow out or
up, tread in one's steps;
a. τῇ ὁδῷ τινος, metaphorically,
to imitate one's way of acting:
2 Peter 2:15, cf.
Isaiah 56:11.
b. to follow one's authority:
μύθοις,
2 Peter 1:16; Josephus, Antiquities prooem. 4, (
ἀρχηγοῖς, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor.
14, 1;
δυσὶ βασιλεῦσι, Test xii. Patr., p. 643 [test. Zeb. § 9]).
c. to comply with, yield to:
ἀσελγείαις [
Rec. ἀπωλείαις],
2 Peter 2:2, (
πνεύμασι πλάνης, Test xii. Patr., p. 665 [test. Napht. § 3;
τοῖς πονηροῖς διαβουλίοις, 12 Patr., p. 628 test. Isa. § 6]; cf. also
Amos 2:4;
Job 31:9; Sir. 5:2). Among secular authors, Polybius, Plutarch, occasionally use the word; [add Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb. § 24, p. 188, 7; Epictetus diss. 1, 22, 16].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Job
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31:9
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Isaiah
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56:11
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Amos
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2:4
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2 Peter
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1:16; 2:2; 2:15