Strong G4770Στωϊκός
Stoic
- Transliteration
- Stōikos
- Pronunciation
- sto-ik-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4745; a stoic (as occupying a particular porch in Athens) that is adherent of a certain philosophy: - Stoick.
Detailed definition
Στωικός (Rec. -ϊκός, T, Στοϊκός), -ή, -όν,
Stoic: Act.17:18.†
(AS)
Stoic: Act.17:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4770 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stoicks1
First verses
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στωϊκ-ός, ή, όν,
(στοά) of a colonnade or porch: hence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Stoic” (because Zeno taught in the στοὰ Ποικίλη), οἱ τῆς Σ. αἱρέσεως ἡγεμόνες 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 2, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.57, 14.6.3)]; ἡ Σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.227S., 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.14)]; οἱ Σ. the [NT+1st c.BC+ (“Stoics”, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.296S., compare “IG” 3.1359, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.5; οἱ Σ. φιλόσοφοι NT.Act.17.18)]. (Στοϊκός in [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.496 (from Athenaeus).))]
(στοά) of a colonnade or porch: hence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Stoic” (because Zeno taught in the στοὰ Ποικίλη), οἱ τῆς Σ. αἱρέσεως ἡγεμόνες 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 2, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.57, 14.6.3)]; ἡ Σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.227S., 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.14)]; οἱ Σ. the [NT+1st c.BC+ (“Stoics”, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.296S., compare “IG” 3.1359, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.5; οἱ Σ. φιλόσοφοι NT.Act.17.18)]. (Στοϊκός in [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.496 (from Athenaeus).))]