Portico

Greek Noun Female

στοά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX: Eze.40:18 (רִצְפָּה), etc;] a portico: Jhn.5:2; used of the covered colonnade in the Temple (EV, porch), Jhn.10:23 Act.3:11 5:12 (AS)

Portico

Greek Noun Female

στοά, ᾶς, ἡ, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also στοιά (in anapaestic verse) [Refs 5th c.BC+], and in some dialect Inscrr, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στωϊά [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— roofed colonnade, cloister, [NT+5th c.BC+] II) at Athens, II.1) storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, [Refs]; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. βασιλική at Thera, [Refs] II.3) ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ, of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. [Refs]. alone, the Stoic school, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.4) of other porticoes, ἡ σ. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) long roof or shed used in sieges, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a colonnade or interior piazza; porch; probably from g2476 (ἵστημι)