στοιχέω,
στοίχω; future
στοιχήσω; (
στοῖχος a row, series);
a. to proceed in a row, go in order:
Xenophon, Cyril 6,3,34; metaphorically,
to go on prosperously, to turn out well: of things,
Ecclesiastes 11:6 for כָּשֵׁר.
b. to walk: with a locative dative (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 a. cf. p. 219 (205); yet cf. Buttmann, § 133, 22 b.). τοῖς ἴχνεσι τίνος, in the steps of one, i. e. follow his example, Romans 4:12; to direct one's life, to live, with a dative of the rule (Buttmann, as above), εἰ πνεύματι... στοιχῶμεν, if the Holy Spirit animates us (see ζάω, I. 3 under the end), let us exhibit that control of the Spirit in our life, Galatians 5:25; τῷ κανόνι, according to the rule, Galatians 6:16; τῷ αὐτῷ (where Rec. adds κανόνι, Philippians 3:16 (Winers Grammar, § 43, 5 d.; cf. Buttmann, § 140, 18 at the end), (τῷ παραδειγματι τίνος, Clement, hom. 10, 15); with a participle denoting the manner of acting, στοιχεῖς τόν νόμον φυλάσσων, so walkest as to keep the law (A. V. walkest orderly, keeping etc.), Acts 21:24. (On the word and its construction see Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., p. 142. Compare:
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Ecclesiastes
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11:6
- Acts
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21:24
- Romans
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4:12
- Galatians
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5:25; 6:16
- Philippians
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3:16
