στοά
stoa · porch, colonnade
Greek word · Strong’s number G4745 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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stoa (στοά) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “porch, colonnade”.
A roofed walkway open on one side and supported by columns.
How to say it
sto·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Roofed walkway with pillars.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- portico ×2
- colonnade ×1
- colonnades ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- John 5:2
Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, the one called in Hebrew Bethesda, which has five colonnades.
- John 10:23
and Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.
- Acts 3:11
And while he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, utterly astonished.
- Acts 5:12
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done among the people; and they were all with one mind in the portico of Solomon.