Word

στοιχέω

stoichéō · G4748 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to live, to behave in accordance with

To live in conformity with some presumed standard or set of customs

Examples
Acts 21:24 take them along and purify yourself together with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and then everyone will know that there is nothing to what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also conform, keeping the Law.
Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well.
Galatians 6:16 And all who will follow this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
to imitate, to do as others do

(An idiom, literally: to follow in the tracks) To behave in the same manner as someone else

Examples
Romans 4:12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ὅσοςas many as, as much as 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

καίand 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γινώσκωto know 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

περιπατέω peripatéō · G4043 · to walk, to go, to live: στοιχέω denotes conducting oneself in ordered conformity to a standard or rule, while περιπατέω is the broader verb for one's general manner of life or conduct. στοιχέω names a more specific, rule-governed sense within the broader field of conduct περιπατέω denotes.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To live, to behave in accordance with41.12: The verb describes conducting one's life according to a given standard or rule. Paul writes, “all who will follow this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16).
To imitate, to do as others do41.47: The same verb also describes following in the footsteps of another's example. Paul describes Abraham as “the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham” (Romans 4:12).

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

στοιχέωstoichéō · G4748στοιχεῖον stoicheîon · G4747 · elements, natural substances, the supernatural powers over this world · 7×συστοιχέω systoichéō · G4960 · to correspond to, to stand for, to be a figure of · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στοίχω; future στοιχήσω; (στοῖχος a row, series); a. to proceed in a row, go in order:…

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, Eccl 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, Rom 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, Gal 5:25; τῷ κανόνι, according to the rule, Gal 6:16; τῷ αὐτῷ (where Rec. adds κανόνι, Phm 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:

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Behavior, Conduct4 occurrences Imitate Behavior1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0