Portico
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S

por'-ti-ko, (he stoa he kaloumene Solomontos): This important element of Herod's temple, preserving in its name a traditional connection with Solomon, is thrice referred to in the New Testament, namely, in John 10:23 Acts 3:11, "the porch that is called Solomon's"; and Acts 5:12. In these passages the Greek word stoa is translated "porch" but in the Revised Version margin of Acts 3:11 more correctly "portico". In architecture a "porch" is strictly an exterior structure forming a covered approach to the entrance of a building; a "portico" is an ambulatory, consisting of a roof supported by columns placed at regular intervals-a roofed colonnade. The portico bearing Solomon's name was that running along the eastern wall in the Court of the Gentiles of Herod's temple. It had double columns, while that on the South known as the Royal Portico had four rows (compare Josephus, Ant, XV, xi, 3; BJ, V, v, and see TEMPLE, HEROD'S). The portico was the scene of Christ's teaching at the Feast of the Dedication (John 10:23), and was flocked to by the multitude after the healing of the lame man (Acts 3:11). There the apostles preached and wrought other miracles (Acts 5:12).

W. Shaw Caldecott

Greek
4745. stoa -- a portico
... a portico. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: stoa Phonetic Spelling:
(sto-ah') Short Definition: a colonnade, portico Definition: a colonnade ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4329. mesak -- portico
... mesak. 4330 . portico. Transliteration: mesak Phonetic Spelling: (may-sawk') Short
Definition: portico. ... portico From cakak; a portico (as covered) -- covert. ...
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361. elam -- a porch
... arch. Or (shortened);elam {ay-lawm'}; or (feminine) ielammah {ay-lam-maw'}; probably
from 'ayil; a pillar-space (or colonnade), ie A pale (or portico) -- arch. ...
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4528. misderon -- a porch, colonnade
... porch. From the same as ceder; a colonnade or internal portico (from its rows of
pillars) -- porch. see HEBREW ceder. 4527, 4528. misderon. 4529 . ...
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Library

Machinations of the Enemies of Jesus.
... The portico of Solomon, with its covered aisles, was the place where he habitually
walked.[1] This portico consisted of two galleries, formed by three rows of ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xxii machinations of the.htm

Letter xv. --To Adelphius the Lawyer .
... me to a house as if to rest"a house, I call it, for such the entrance betokened,
but, when we came inside, it was not a house but a portico which received us ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter xv to adelphius the lawyer.htm

The Sethians Support their Doctrines by an Allegorical ...
... to the Eleusinian mysteries, there are (enacted) in Phlium the orgies [542] of her
denominated the "Great (Mother)." There is, however, a portico in this (city ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xv the sethians support their.htm

The Fulfilment
... Seraiah passed above the spot where the sorrowful Christian stood, crossed the great
causeway leading toward the Royal Portico and after him six thousand blind ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxiii the fulfilment.htm

Acts III
... 11-15. The apostles took a position in one of the open colonnades which faced
the inner side of the temple wall, called Solomon's Portico. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts iii.htm

Letter iii. --To Ablabius .
... But just as we got inside our portico, as the sound of our carriage wheels along
the dry hard ground was heard, the people turned up in shoals, as though by ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter iii to ablabius.htm

How Herod Twice Sailed to Agrippa; and How Upon the Complaint in ...
... And when he saw that the portico of the city was fallen down, which as it was
overthrown in the Mithridatic war, and was very large and fine building, so was ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how herod twice.htm

What was Heard in the Basilica of Peace
... In front of the basilica is a wide rectangular court bordered with terraces; a portico
at the far end; and in the middle four large fountains to water the walk ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii what was heard in.htm

Acts V
... And they were all, with one accord, in Solomon's Portico, (13) and of the rest no
man dare join himself to them, but all people magnified them." It was the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts v.htm

Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness.
... places have been contended for the proper locality: 1. The apex of the temple structure
itself.2. The top of Solomon's porch.3. The top of Herod's royal portico ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xix jesus tempted in the.htm

Thesaurus
Portico (37 Occurrences)
... PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S. ... In these passages the Greek word stoa is translated "porch"
but in the Revised Version margin of Acts 3:11 more correctly "portico". ...
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Porch (37 Occurrences)
... (1.) Stoa, meaning a portico or veranda (John 5:2; 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). (2.)
Pulon, a gateway (Matthew 26:71). ... 2. (n.) A portico; a covered walk. Int. ...
/p/porch.htm - 22k

Solomon's (56 Occurrences)
... PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S. ... In these passages the Greek word stoa is translated "porch"
but in the Revised Version margin of Acts 3:11 more correctly "portico". ...
/s/solomon's.htm - 31k

Parbar (1 Occurrence)
... probably a "suburb" (qv), as the word is rendered in 2 Kings 23:11; a space between
the temple wall and the wall of the court; an open portico into which the ...
/p/parbar.htm - 8k

Samson (37 Occurrences)
... Guided by his attendant, he took hold of the wooden posts of the two middle pillars
upon which the portico of the house rested, and slipping them off their ...
/s/samson.htm - 37k

Porters (34 Occurrences)

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Marvels (21 Occurrences)
... Acts 5:12 Many signs and marvels continued to be done among the people by the Apostles;
and by common consent they all met in Solomon's Portico. (WEY). ...
/m/marvels.htm - 12k

Porticoes (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Portico. Multi-Version Concordance
Porticoes (1 Occurrence). John 5:2 and there is in Jerusalem ...
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Clung (7 Occurrences)
... Acts 3:11 While he still clung to Peter and John, the people, awe-struck, ran up
crowding round them in what was known as Solomon's Portico. (WEY RSV). ...
/c/clung.htm - 8k

Crowding (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 3:11 While he still clung to Peter and John, the people, awe-struck,
ran up crowding round them in what was known as Solomon's Portico. (WEY). ...
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Resources
What was Solomon's Porch? | GotQuestions.org

What are Jachin and Boaz? | GotQuestions.org

What was Herod's temple? | GotQuestions.org

Portico: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Portico (37 Occurrences)

John 10:23
and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,
(WEY NAS RSV)

Acts 3:11
While he still clung to Peter and John, the people, awe-struck, ran up crowding round them in what was known as Solomon's Portico.
(WEY DBY NAS RSV)

Acts 5:12
Many signs and marvels continued to be done among the people by the Apostles; and by common consent they all met in Solomon's Portico.
(WEY NAS RSV)

1 Kings 7:6
And he made the porch of pillars: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and thick beams before them.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:12
And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams, like as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the court of the porch of the house.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:19
And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:21
And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:18
At the portico westward, four at the causeway, two at the portico.
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the ark-cover;
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 8:12
Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
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2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:7
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:17
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD; and they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
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Ezekiel 8:16
And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:7
and the little chamber one reed long and one reed broad, and between the little chambers five cubits, and the threshold of the gate, from the side of the porch of the gate from within, one reed.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:8
And he measureth the porch of the gate from within one reed,
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:9
and he measureth the porch of the gate eight cubits, and its posts two cubits, and the porch of the gates from within,
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:14
He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:15
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:16
There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:21
The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:22
The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:24
He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:25
There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:26
There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:29
and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:33
and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:36
its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:38
A chamber with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:40
and at the side without, at the going up to the opening of the north gate, 'are' two tables; and at the other side that 'is' at the porch of the gate, 'are' two tables;
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Ezekiel 40:48
And he bringeth me in unto the porch of the house, and he measureth the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side, and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 41:15
And he hath measured the length of the building unto the front of the separate place that 'is' at its hinder part, and its galleries on this side and on that side, a hundred cubits, and the inner temple and the porches of the court,
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 41:25
And made on them, on the doors of the temple, 'are' cherubs and palm-trees as are made on the walls, and a thickness of wood 'is' at the front of the porch on the outside.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 41:26
And narrow windows and palm-trees 'are' on this side, and on that side, at the sides of the porch, and the side-chambers of the house, and the thick places.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 44:3
The prince, who 'is' prince, he sitteth by it to eat bread before Jehovah, by the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.'
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 46:2
and come in hath the prince the way of the porch of the gate at the outside, and he hath stood by the post of the gate, and the priests have made his burnt-offering, and his peace-offerings, and he hath bowed himself by the opening of the gate, and hath gone forth, and the gate is not shut till the evening.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 46:8
And in the coming in of the prince, the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.
(See NIV)

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