** παρ-ακολουθέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: II Mac 8:11 9:27 R*;]
c. dat., to follow closely, accompany. Metaph., in various senses,
(a) to result: Mk 16:[17];
(b) to follow up, trace, investigate: Lk 1:3 (so freq. in cl.);
(c) to follow as a standard of conduct: I Ti 4:6, II Ti 3:10. (For exx. from π., v. MM, xviii.)†