στοιχέω stoicheō · G4748

to follow

στοιχέω, -ῶ; (στοῖχος, a row), [in LXX: Ecc.11:6 (כָּשֵׁר) * ; ] ; to be in rows (of waves, plants, etc., as well as of men), to walk in line (esp. of marching in file to battle; Xen., Cyr., vi, 3, 34, al.). Metaphorical, in late writers, to walk by rule: Act.21:24; with dative, to walk by or in (as a rule of life), Rom.4:12 (cf. MM, xxiii), Gal.5:25 6:16, Php.3:16 (cf. συν-στοιχέω).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

στοιχ-έω, ; to be drawn up in a line or row, οὐδ᾽ ἐγκαταλείψω τὸν παραστάτην, ὅτῳ ἂν στοιχήσω beside whom I stand in battle,—from the oath of Athenian citizens, cited in []; move in line, []; to be in rows, of leaves or joints, []; κατὰ τὸ στοιχοῦν in sequence, []; 2 correspond, ὅπως ἀεὶ ἡ ἡμέρα στοιχῇ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην πόλιν []; 3 to be satisfactory to one, στοιχεῖ μοι πάντα τὰ προγεγραμμένα []; II with dative, fit, [καταστρωτῆρα] στοιχοῦντα τοῖς κειμένοις []: metaphorically, to be in line with, …

Where it's used 5 times

Acts 21:24 · Romans 4:12 · Galatians 5:25 · Galatians 6:16 · Philippians 3:16

Source: TBESG G4748; TFLSJ G4748

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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