Definition

to follow out, i.e. (figuratively) to imitate, obey, yield to

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G190 (ἀκολουθέω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ἀκολουθέω akolouthéō

How the KJV renders it

• follow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.