Strong G4745στοά
Portico
- Transliteration
- stoa
- Pronunciation
- sto-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G2476; a colonnade or interior piazza: - porch.
Detailed definition
στοά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX: Eze.40:18 (רִצְפָּה), etc.;]
a portico: Jhn.5:2; used of the covered colonnade in the Temple (EV, porch), Jhn.10:23 Act.3:11 5:12 †
(AS)
[in LXX: Eze.40:18 (רִצְפָּה), etc.;]
a portico: Jhn.5:2; used of the covered colonnade in the Temple (EV, porch), Jhn.10:23 Act.3:11 5:12 †
(AS)
In the biblical story
Solomon's Portico
Colonnade in Jerusalem's temple where apostles taught
Solomon's Portico, a colonnade in the Jerusalem temple where the apostles gathered to teach (Acts 3:11; 5:12).
In the Bible
Strong G4745 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- porch4
First verses
- John 5:2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
- John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 3:11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- Acts 5:12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στοά, ᾶς, ἡ,
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 29 (Attic, found at Delphi, 6th-5th c.BC), +others, “IG” 12.115.7, +others)]; also στοιά (in anapaestic verse) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 676, 684, 686)], and in some dialect Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).170.22 (from Astypalaea), 42(1).115.20 (probably, Epid., 4th-3rd c.BC), Ρχ. Ἐφ.1913.227 (from Lesbos))]; στωϊά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Magn.” 67.6 (Cnossian decree, 3rd-2nd c.BC), “IG” 12(2).14.2, +others (Mytil.))]:— roofed colonnade, cloister, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90, 8.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.29, 7.4.31, NT.John.10.23, “CPHerm.” 94.3 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
II at Athens,
II.1 storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 548; στοιὰ ἀλφιτόπωλις [prev. author] “Ec.” 686, compare 14.)]
II.2 ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, [Refs ([prev. work] 684)]; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 210d, compare “Euthphr.” 2a, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.3.1, 1.14.6, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.86)]; σ. βασιλική at Thera, [Refs (“IG” 12(3).326.19.)]
II.3 ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.85)]; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 1.5.1, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.15, etc.)]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. [Refs ([prev. author] 18(1).259: also ἡ Σ)]. alone, the Stoic school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.68S.)]
II.4 of other porticoes, ἡ σ. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.183)]; ἡ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37)]; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theages” 121a.)]
III long roof or shed used in sieges, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 569.36 (Halasarna, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.2)]:—gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 83.32, 85.10, 91.31.)]
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 29 (Attic, found at Delphi, 6th-5th c.BC), +others, “IG” 12.115.7, +others)]; also στοιά (in anapaestic verse) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 676, 684, 686)], and in some dialect Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).170.22 (from Astypalaea), 42(1).115.20 (probably, Epid., 4th-3rd c.BC), Ρχ. Ἐφ.1913.227 (from Lesbos))]; στωϊά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Magn.” 67.6 (Cnossian decree, 3rd-2nd c.BC), “IG” 12(2).14.2, +others (Mytil.))]:— roofed colonnade, cloister, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90, 8.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.29, 7.4.31, NT.John.10.23, “CPHerm.” 94.3 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
II at Athens,
II.1 storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 548; στοιὰ ἀλφιτόπωλις [prev. author] “Ec.” 686, compare 14.)]
II.2 ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, [Refs ([prev. work] 684)]; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 210d, compare “Euthphr.” 2a, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.3.1, 1.14.6, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.86)]; σ. βασιλική at Thera, [Refs (“IG” 12(3).326.19.)]
II.3 ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.85)]; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 1.5.1, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.15, etc.)]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. [Refs ([prev. author] 18(1).259: also ἡ Σ)]. alone, the Stoic school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.68S.)]
II.4 of other porticoes, ἡ σ. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.183)]; ἡ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37)]; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theages” 121a.)]
III long roof or shed used in sieges, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 569.36 (Halasarna, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.2)]:—gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 83.32, 85.10, 91.31.)]