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Ensue :To Pursue After.: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him
1. ( v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. 2. ( v. i.) To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENSUE. en-su':
1 Peter 3:11-13. King James Version. 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
let him seek peace, and ensue it] Better, perhaps, pursue or follow after, as in 1 Timothy 6:11. The verb “ensue” has ceased almost, if not altogether, to be used transitively. It implies, both in itself, and by its position in the verse as a climax, the strongest form of seeking.
ENSU'E, verb intransitive To follow as a consequence of premises; as, from these facts or this evidence, the argument will ensue 1. To follow in a train of events or course of time; to succeed; to come after.
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ENSUE. en-su': Synonymous with "to pursue," "ensue" is found in 1 Peter 3:11 the King James Version as a translation of dioko, "to follow after," "to pursue." Also in Judith 9:5, "such as ensued after" (ta metepeita, "the things that follow").
