ΣΤΟΑΣ, στοας
STOAS, stoas
Sounds Like: sto-AS
Translations: of a portico, of a colonnade, of a porch, of a stoa
From the root: ΣΤΟΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a portico, a colonnade, or a covered walkway, often with columns, typically found in ancient Greek and Roman architecture. It was a common public space used for walking, meeting, and philosophical discussions. The term 'Stoic' philosophy derives its name from the Stoa Poikile (Painted Porch) in Athens, where its founders taught. This form of the word indicates possession or origin, often translated with 'of'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- John — 5:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 3:96, 5:137
- Book 9 — 11:237
- Book 11 — 4:89, 4:108
- Book 12 — 3:141
- Book 13 — 6:211
- Book 15 — 11:393, 11:412, 11:420
- Book 17 — 10:259
- Book 19 — 7:329, 7:335
- Book 20 — 8:192, 9:222
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:22
- Book Two — 3:10, 15:22, 16:71, 19:24
- Book Five — 5:61, 7:14
- Book Six — 3:2, 3:9, 4:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 5:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΟΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΤΟΑ — portico, a portico, porch, a porch, colonnade, a colonnade
- ΣΤΟΑΙ — porticoes, colonnades, porches
- ΣΤΟΑΙΣ — to porticoes, to colonnades, to porches, to stoas
- ΣΤΟΑΝ — porch, a porch, portico, a portico, colonnade, a colonnade
- ΣΤΟΑΣΤΟ — of a stoa, of the stoa, of a portico, of the portico
- ΣΤΟΩΝ — of porticoes, of colonnades, of porches
- ΤΑΣΣΤΟΑΣ — porticoes, a portico, colonnades, a colonnade
- ΤΗΝΣΤΟΑΝ — the stoa, a stoa, the portico, a portico
- ΤΩΝΣΤΟΩΝ — of the stoas, of the porticoes, of the colonnades
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