στοιχέω, -@; fut. στοιχήσω; (στοῖχος ἃ row, series); 8. to proceed in a row, go in order: Xen. Cyr. 6, 3, 34; metaph. to go on prosperously, to turn oul well: of things, Eccl. xi. 6 for "73. b. to walk: with a local dat. (W. § 31, 1a. cf. p. 219 (205); yet ef. B. § 133, 22 b.], The phrase τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου is fully disτοῖς ἴχνεσί τινος, in the steps or one, i. 6. follow his example, Ro. iv. 12; to direct one’s life, to live, with a dat. of the rule [B. u.s.], εἰ πνεύματι . . . στοιχῶμεν, if the Holy Spirit animates us [see ζάω, I. 3 sub fin.], let us exhibit that control of the Spirit in our life, Gal. v. 25; τῷ κανόνι, acc. to the rule, Gal. vi. 16; τῷ αὐτῷ (where Ree. adds κανόνι), Phil. iii. 16 [W. § 43, 5 d.; cf. B. § 140, 18 fin.], (τῷ παραδείγματί τινος, Clem. hom. 10,15); with a ptep. denoting the manner of acting, στοιχεῖς τ. νόμον φυλάσσων, so walkest as to keep the law [A. V. walkest orderly, keeping ete.], Acts xxi. 24. [On the word and its constr. see Fritzsche on Rom. vol. iii. p.142. Comp.: συ(ν)- στοιχέω.]

στοιχέω stoicheō 5x

pr. to advance in a line; met. to frame one’s conduct by a certain rule, Acts 21:24; Rom. 4:12; Gal. 5:25; 6:16; Phil. 3:16*

στοιχέω, -ῶ

(< στοῖχος, a row), [in LXX: Ec 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.). Metaph., in late writers, to walk by rule: Ac 21:24; c. dat., to walk by or in (as a rule of life), Ro 4:12 (cf. MM, xxiii), Ga 5:25 6:16, Phl 3:16 (cf. συν-στοιχέω).†

στοιχέω. From meaning ‘‘am in rows,”’ ‘‘ walk in line,’”’ στοιχέω came to be used metaphorically, ‘‘ walk by or in,’ as a rule of life : cf. Phil 315 (Vg zz cadem permaneamus regula), A striking parallel to Rom 413 is afforded by Sy// 325 (= 3708) 5 (ii/B.c.) where a certain Aristagoras is praised for walking in the steps of his father and forbears—kal αὐτὸς στοιχεῖν βουλόμενος καὶ τοῖς ἐκείνων ἴχνεσιν ἐπιβαίνειν : cf. 75. 929 (= "685)}5. (8.6. 139) τῆς δὲ συνκλήτου στοιχού[σης τῆι παρ᾽ ἑαυ]τῆι πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὑπαρχούσηι δικαιοσύνηι, and from the inserr. Pyvene 11218 (B.c. 84) στοιχεῖν τ[ῇ πρὸς Tov δῆμον φιλαγαθίᾳ, and 20. 110°} (i/B.c.) ταῖς κατὰ. τὴν ἡλικίαν [ἀρεταῖς] στοιχεῖν (see Rouffiac, p. 34). See also Musonius p. 102% στοιχεῖν ἀρίστῳ ὄντι TO λόγῳ Σωκράτους. The construction with the dat., as in the NT, is thus amply attested: cf. Blass Gr. p. 119. The verb is common in the phrase στοιχεῖ μοι, “agreed to by me,” e.g. P Oxy I. 1265} (a.D. 572) στοιχῖ μοι τὸ παρὸν ἐπίσταλμα, 26, VIII. 11379 (a.D. 562-3) στέχι pe (1 στοιXe μοι). Cf. also P Flor I. 65%* (a.p. 570-17) Αὐρήλιος: + +» στοιχῖ τοῦτο TO γρ[αμμάτιον ὡς π]ρόκειται, and BGU IV. 1020" (vi/a.p.) ᾿Αβραὰμ Φοι(βαμμῶνος) στοιχεῖ. For the subst. στοῖχος, cf. P Oxy VIII. 11191? (a.v. 254) τοῦ στοίχου καταλαβόντος τὴν ἡμετέραν βουλὴν τῷ ἐνεστῶ[τι ἔτει, “‘since the turn has come to our senate in the present year ’’ (Ed.), and for the compd. σύστοιχος, cfBGU IV. 1205ii.9 (B.c. 28) οὐδὲ yap σύνστοιχοι ἑατῶν [γ]ίνεσθε, ‘‘ for you contradict yourselves.’’

στοιχέω (stoicheō) — to follow. 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 [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; move in line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be in rows, of leaves or joints, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ στοιχοῦν in sequence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. correspond, ὅπως ἀεὶ ἡ ἡμέρα στοιχῇ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην πόλιν [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. to be satisfactory to one, στοιχεῖ μοι πάντα τὰ προγεγραμμένα [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II. with dative, fit, [καταστρωτῆρα] στοιχοῦντα τοῖς κειμένοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be in line with, walk by, agree with, submit to, τῇ τῆς συγκλήτου προθέσει [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῇ πρός τινα εὐνοίᾳ [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ταῖς πλείοσι γνώμαις [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τοῖς προειρημένοις φιλοσόφοις[NT]; στοίχεις (Aeolic dialect present participle) τοῖς προϋπαργμένοισι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἠθέλησεν στοιχοῦσαν τοῖς προπεπραγμένοις παρέχεσθαι τοῖς πολίταις τὴν αὑτοῦ διάληψιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μιᾷ σ. to be contented with one wife, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στοιχεῖς τὸν νόμον φυλάσσων observest it regularly, [NT]