to follow

Greek Verb

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)

to follow

Greek Verb

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]

Greek

Verb

to march in (military) rank (keep step), i.e. (figuratively) to conform to virtue and piety; walk (orderly); from a derivative of (to range in regular line)