στοά stoa · G4745
Portico
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
στοά, ᾶς, ἡ, ; []; also στοιά (in anapaestic verse) [], and in some dialect Inscrr., []; στωϊά []:— roofed colonnade, cloister, []; II at Athens, ; II.1 storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, []; II.2 ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, []; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. []; σ. βασιλική at Thera, []; II.3 ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, []; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), []; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. []. alone, the Stoic school, []; II.4 of …
Where it's used 4 times
John 5:2 · John 10:23 · Acts 3:11 · Acts 5:12
Source: TBESG G4745; TFLSJ G4745
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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