Stoa στοά

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Stoa
στοά
Transliterationstoa
Strong's numberG4745
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Gloss Portico
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inJohn (2)

Stoa (Greek στοά, Strong's G4745) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “ Portico”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVporch (3), porches (1)
BSBcolonnade (3), covered colonnades (1)

Verses

Every verse with Stoa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

John

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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