noun · feminine
stolas
Strong’sG4749
a long robe
stem stol-9 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< στέλλω), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד, also for לְבֻשׁ, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4749 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstol-ay'
equipment, i.e. (specially), a "stole" or long-fitting gown (as a mark of dignity)
Fromfrom G4724;
King Jameslong clothing (garment), (long) robe.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Aeolic dialect σπολά (which see): (στέλλω):— equipment, fitting out, στρατοῦ Refs 4th c.BC+
2 armament, Refs
II equipment in clothes, raiment, Refs; σχῆμα Ἑλλάδος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically of birds, σ. πτερῶν Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2 garment, robe, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. θηρός, of the lion's skin which Heracles wore, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν σ. περιπατεῖν in full dress, Refs 2nd c.AD+ (variant{-λίῳ} cited in Refs
II.3 act of dressing, μετὰ τὴν σ. Refs 4th c.AD+
III (στέλλω IV) check to motion, pressure, τοῦ ἀέρος Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 reduction, diminution, τῶν σιτίων Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | stolas1×στολὴ | stolais |
| object accusative | stolan2×στολὴν | stolain4×στολὰς |
| direct address vocative | stolar | stolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | stolau | stolaiu |
| to, for dative | stola | stolai2×στολαῖς |
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
stola 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
stolas“robe”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 6:11kai dōita autoi hekasto stolas leukas, kai legita autoi hina anapaueli …… of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little …
stolan“robe”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 16:5… neaniskon kathorōnton en tei dexei peribalorēnton stolan leukan, kai ekthambila.… young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and …
Luke 15:22… pros toin douloin autou; Tachuem ekferavar stolan tan prōtan kai enduavar auton, kai …… his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put …
stolain“robes”objectaccusative plural4×
Revelation 7:9… thronou kai enōpion teu arnieu, peribalorēntoin stolain leukain, kai foinikois en tai cheirai …… the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their …
Revelation 7:13… legarōntos mi; Houtois tois peribalorēntois tain stolain tain leukain tinois alō kai pothen …… elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and …
Revelation 7:14… thlipsiau tau megau, kai plunala tain stolain autoiu kai leukanala autain en te …… great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the …
Revelation 22:14Makariois tois plunarōntois tain stolain autoiu, hina eti tas exousias autoiu …Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the …
stolai“long robes”to, fordative plural2×
Mark 12:38… apo toiu grammatevoiu toiu thelarōntoiu en stolai peripatarō kai aspasmoin en tai agorai… They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
Luke 20:46… toiu grammatevoiu toiu thelarōntoiu peripatarō en stolai kai filarōntoiu aspasmoin en tai agorai …… They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in …