1 | Strong's Number: g4745 | Greek: stoa |
Porch:
"a portico," is used
(a) of the "porches" at the pool of Bethesda, Jhn 5:2;
(b) of the covered colonnade in the Temple, called Solomon's "porch," Jhn 10:23; Act 3:11; 5:12 a portico on the eastern side of the temple; this and the other "porches" existent in the time of Christ were almost certainly due to Herod's restoration. Cp. Stoics (Act 17:18), "philosophers of the porch."
2 | Strong's Number: g4440 | Greek: pulon |
Porch:
akin to pule, "a gate" (Eng., "pylon"), is used of "a doorway, porch or vestibule" of a house or palace, Mat 26:71. In the parallel passage Mar 14:68, No. 3 is used, and pulon doubtless stands in Matt. 26 for proaulion.
See GATE, No. 2.
3 | Strong's Number: g4259 | Greek: proaulion |
Porch:
"the exterior court" or "vestibule," between the door and the street, in the houses of well-to-do folk, Mar 14:68, "porch" (RV marg., "forecourt").
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