Strong’s G4749 · Greek

στολή
stolḗ

Definition

equipment, i.e. (specially), a "stole" or long-fitting gown (as a mark of dignity)

Etymology

from G4724 (στέλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • long clothing (garment)
  • (long) robe

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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