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Koine Greek wordlink #75612

SR GNT Yhn 13:36 ἀκολουθῆσαι (akolouthaʸsai) ‘you are being_able after me now to follow you will_be following but later’ Strongs=1900 Lemma=akoloutheō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #75595

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀκολουθῆσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀκολουθῆσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to follow’.

Yhn (Jhn) 13:37 ‘not I am being_able after you to follow now the life’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:37 word 14

OET-LV: 37 The Petros is _saying to _him: master, because/for_ why _reason I _am_ not _being _able to _follow after _you now? I _will _be _laying down the life of _me for you. (JHN_13:37)

OET-RV: 37 Peter asked again, “Why can’t I follow after you now? I’m prepared to give my life for you.” (JHN 13:37)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘akoloutheō’ have 23 different glosses: ‘are following’, ‘be following’, ‘have followed’, ‘having followed’, ‘is following’, ‘to follow’, ‘to_be following’, ‘was following’, ‘were following’, ‘I will_be following’, ‘he is following’, ‘he was following’, ‘he followed’, ‘him let_be following’, ‘they are following’, ‘they may follow’, ‘they were following’, ‘they followed’, ‘you will_be following’, ‘follow’, ‘followed’, ‘following’, ‘following them’.

Greek words (3) other than ἀκολουθῆσαι (V-NAA····) with a gloss related to ‘follow’

YHN 10:5 ἀκολουθήσωσιν (akolouthaʸsōsin) V-SAA3··P ‘and by_no_means not they may follow but they will_be fleeing from’ SR GNT Yhn 10:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 And by _no _means they _may_ not _follow after_a_stranger, but they _will _be _fleeing from him, because they _have_ not _known the voice of_ the _strangers. (JHN_10:5)

OET-RV: 5 They would never follow a stranger because they wouldn’t know his voice, in fact they’d run away from him.” (JHN 10:5)

MARK 14:13 ἀκολουθήσατε (akolouthaʸsate) V-MAA2··P ‘a pitcher of water bearing follow after him’ SR GNT Mark 14:13 word 29

OET-LV: 13 And he _is _sending _out two of _the apprentices/followers of _him, and he _is _saying to _them: Be _going into the city, and a_man will _be _meeting with _you _all bearing a_pitcher of _water, follow after _him. (MRK_14:13)

OET-RV: 13 So Yeshua sent off two of them with these instructions, “Go into town and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you there. Just follow him (MRK 14:13)

LUKE 22:10 ἀκολουθήσατε (akolouthaʸsate) V-MAA2··P ‘a pitcher of water bearing follow after him into the’ SR GNT Luke 22:10 word 21

OET-LV: 10 And he said to _them: Behold, of _you _all having _come _in into the city, a_man, bearing a_pitcher of _water, will _be _meeting with _you _all, follow after _him into the house into which he _is _entering _in. (LUK_22:10)

OET-RV: 10 “Listen,” he said, “go ahead and when you enter the city you’ll meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house that he goes into. (LUK 22:10)

Key: V=verb