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Lexicon :: Strong's G4745 - stoa

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στοά
Transliteration
stoa (Key)
Pronunciation
sto-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ἵστημι (G2476)
mGNT
4x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

στοά stoá, sto-ah'; probably from G2476; a colonnade or interior piazza:—porch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4745 in the following manner: porch (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4745 in the following manner: porch (4x).

  1. a portico, a covered colonnade where people can stand or walk protected from the weather and the heat of the sun

  2. the portico built by Solomon in the eastern part of the temple (which in the temple's destruction by the Babylonians was left uninjured, and remained down to the time of King Agrippa, to whom the care of the temple was entrusted by the emperor Claudius, and who on account of its antiquity dare not demolish it and build anew.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στοά stoá, sto-ah'; probably from G2476; a colonnade or interior piazza:—porch.
STRONGS G4745:
στοά, στοάς, ἡ, a portico, a covered colonnade where people can stand or walk protected from the weather and the heat of the sun: John 5:2; στοά Σολομῶνος, a porch or portico built by Solomon in the eastern part of the temple (which in the temple's destruction by the Babylonians was left uninjured, and remained down to the times of king Agrippa, to whom the care of the temple was intrusted by the emperor Claudius, and who on account of its antiquity did not dare to demolish and build it anew; so Josephus relates, Antiquities 20, 9, 7; (but on 'Solomon's Porch' cf. B. D., under the word (Solomon's Temple, at the end))): John 10:23; Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
5:2; 10:23
Acts
3:11; 5:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4745 matches the Greek στοά (stoa),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:2 - Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[fn] called Bethesda,[fn] which has five roofed colonnades.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:23 - and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:11 - While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.
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