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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:23 - and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:11 - While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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