What does στοιχέω (stoichéō) mean in the Bible?
στοιχέω (stoichéō): To align oneself with a standard or rule; marching in orderly formation toward a shared destination.
Greek · G4748
στοιχέω
To follow
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στοιχέω G4748
Pronunciation stoichéō
What does στοιχέω (stoichéō) mean in the Bible?
στοιχέω (stoichéō): To align oneself with a standard or rule; marching in orderly formation toward a shared destination.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4748?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include walk (2), let us walk in step (1), live (1), we must live up (1).
Where does στοιχέω (stoichéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 21:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (2), Acts (1), Philippians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It walk 2× Romans 4:12, Galatians 6:16
let us walk in step 1× Galatians 5:25
live 1× Acts 21:24
we must live up 1× Philippians 3:16
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 21:24 στοιχεῖς to live Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Romans 4:12 στοιχοῦσιν to walk Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural Galatians 5:25 στοιχῶμεν to let us walk in step Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Galatians 6:16 στοιχήσουσιν to walk Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Philippians 3:16 στοιχεῖν to we must live up Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 21:24
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Acts 1 Romans 1 Galatians 2 Philippians 1
Source forms
στοιχεῖν 1x stoichein Philippians 3:16
στοιχεῖς 1x stoicheis Acts 21:24
στοιχήσουσιν 1x stoichēsousin Galatians 6:16
στοιχοῦσιν 1x stoichousin Romans 4:12
στοιχῶμεν 1x stoichōmen Galatians 5:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Galatians 6:16
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Acts 21:24
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Philippians 3:16
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 4:12
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural 1x Galatians 5:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To align oneself with a standard or rule; marching in orderly formation toward a shared destination.
Strong's G4748
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to follow
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 21:24 Verb Second Person Singular Present Active Indicative
στοιχεῖς stoiceiv
I walk
Read verse Romans 4:12 Verb Present Active Participle Dative Plural Masculine
στοιχοῦσι stoicousin
I walk
Read verse Galatians 5:25 Verb First Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive
στοιχῶμεν. stoicwmen
I walk
Read verse Galatians 6:16 Verb Third Person Plural Future Active Indicative
στοιχήσουσιν, stoichsousin
I walk
Read verse Philippians 3:16 Verb Present Active Infinitive
στοιχεῖν stoicein
I walk
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Present, Future Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Present Active Acts 21:24 1×
Future Active Gal 6:16 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Rom 4:12 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Present Active Gal 5:25 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Phil 3:16 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 4 future 1
Voice
active 5
Mood
indicative 2 subjunctive 1 infinitive 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Acts 21:24 στοιχεῖς present active indicative ongoing Romans 4:12 στοιχοῦσιν present active participle participle Galatians 5:25 στοιχῶμεν present active subjunctive subjunctive Galatians 6:16 στοιχήσουσιν future active indicative prospective Philippians 3:16 στοιχεῖν present active infinitive infinitive
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain