{"def":{"short":"a colonnade or interior piazza","long":["a portico, a covered colonnade where people can stand or walk protected from the weather and the heat of the sun","the portico built by Solomon in the eastern part of the temple"]},"deriv":"probably from G2476","pronun":{"ipa":"stoˈɑ","ipa_mod":"stowˈɑ","sbl":"stoa","dic":"stoh-AH","dic_mod":"stoh-AH"},"see":["G2476"],"comment":"The porch built by Solomon on the eastern part of the temple survived the temple's destruction by the Babylonians and remained unto the time of King Agrippa, to whom the care of the temple was entrusted by the emperor Claudius, and who on account of its antiquity dare not demolish it and build anew."}