STRONGS G4748:
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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