Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer. 2. (n.) A sweetheart; a beau. 3. (n.) The removable flange, or cover, of a piston 4. (n.) A gland. 5. (n.) The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver. 6. (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FOLLOWER fol'-o-er (mimetes): "Followers" is in the King James Version the translation of mimetes, "to imitate" (in the New Testament in the good sense of becoming imitators, or following an example), rendered by the Revised Version (British and American) "imitators" (1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1 Ephesians 5:1 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Hebrews 6:12); summimetai, "joint imitators" (Philippians 3:17); in 1 Peter 3:13, the King James Version "followers of that which is good," the word, according to a better text, is zelotis, the Revised Version (British and American) "if ye be zealous of that which is good."

Multi-Version Concordance Follower (8 Occurrences) Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower. (WEY) Mark 8:34 Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower. (WEY) Mark 10:21 Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine." (WEY) Luke 9:23 And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower. (WEY) John 13:36 "Master," inquired Simon Peter, "where are you going?" "Where I am going," replied Jesus, "you cannot be my follower now, but you shall be later." (WEY) Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets; (See NIV) 1 Timothy 4:6 If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower. (WEY) 2 Timothy 3:12 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (WEY)