adjective
stoikos
GreekΣτοϊκός (stoikos)
Strong’sG4770
Stoic
stem stoik-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Στοϊκός, v.s. Στωικός.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4770 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsto-ik-os'
a "Stoic" (as occupying a particular porch in Athens), i.e. adherent of a certin philosophy
Fromfrom G4745;
King JamesStoick.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | stoikos | stoikas | stoikem | stoikois | stoikais | stoikeim |
| object accusative | stoikon | stoikan | stoikoin | stoikain | ||
| direct address vocative | stoikor | stoikar | stoikoir | stoikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | stoikou | stoikau | stoikeu | stoikoiu1×Στοϊκῶν | stoikaiu | stoikeiu |
| to, for dative | stoiko | stoika | stoike | stoikoi | stoikai | stoikei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
stoik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
stoikoiu“stoic”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 17:18“stoic”tinois de kai toiu Epikoureioiu kai Stoikoiu filosofoiu sumballale auto, kai tinois legale; Tinem an thelatoiō tos spermologos houtos legarō? tois de; Xeneiu daimoneiu dokatō katangeleuos arō; hoti ton Iēsun kai tan anastasian euangelizete.Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.