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Stoa

sto-ah'
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Stoa Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 4
  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.
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
stoa
Origin
probably from (2476)
Strong's Number
4745
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

portico
3
porticoes
1
Total
4

NAS Verse Count

2
2
Total
4
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Stoa". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.