Strong’s G4748 · Greek

στοιχέω
stoichéō

Definition

to march in (military) rank (keep step), i.e. (figuratively) to conform to virtue and piety

Etymology

from a derivative of (to range in regular line);

Where the KJV renders it

  • walk (orderly)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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