Lexical Definition

‎στοά‎ stoá (sto-ah') Portico ^G:N-F
probably from ‎ἵστημι‎

porch.

• a colonnade or interior piazza

Abbott-Smith

στοά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX: Ez 40:18 (רִצְפָּה), etc. ;]
a portico: Jo 5:2; used of the covered colonnade in the Temple (EV, porch), Jo 10:23, Ac 3:11 5:12 †

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

part of: Σολομών

στοά, ᾶς, ἡ,

[Refs 6th c.BC+]; also στοιά (in anapaestic verse) [Refs 5th c.BC+], and in some dialect Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στωϊά [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— roofed colonnade, cloister, [NT+5th c.BC+]

__II at Athens,
__II.1 storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, [Refs]; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. βασιλική at Thera, [Refs]
__II.3 ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. [Refs]. alone, the Stoic school, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 of other porticoes, ἡ σ. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III long roof or shed used in sieges, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: John.10.23}