stolē · long robe

What it means

stolē (στολή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “long robe”.

Flowing garment.

How to say it

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

1. A long flowing festive garment.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• robes ×6
• robe ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• Revelation×5

• Mark 12:38

  And in his teaching he was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to receive greetings in the marketplaces

• Mark 16:5

  And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were greatly alarmed.

• Luke 15:22

  But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

• Luke 20:46

  “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and hold dear greetings in the marketplaces and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

• Revelation 6:11

  And to each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they themselves had been would be completed.

• Revelation 7:9

  After these things I looked, and look, a great crowd that no one could count, from every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands;

• Revelation 7:13

  And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These, who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

• Revelation 7:14

  And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who are coming out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

• Revelation 22:14

  Happy are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter into the city by the gates.