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G4770

Στοϊκός

Stoïkos

Adjective · From στοά (G4745)

From G4745; a "Stoic" (as occupying a particular porch in Athens), i.e. adherent of a certin philosophy:—Stoick.

Outline

  1. Stoics = "of the portico"
    1. pertaining to the Stoic philosophy, the author of which, Zeno of Citium, taught at Athens

Usages

Acts 17:18

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Breakdown

Epicureans:A disciple or student of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. Stoicks: (Stoics) Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC.

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