Stoibás — G4746

Definition

feminine noun

a spread (as if tramped flat) of loose materials for a couch, i.e. (by implication) a bough of a tree so employed

1. a spread or layer of leaves, reeds, rushes, soft leafy twigs, straw, etc., serving for a bed (Hesychius στιβάς. ἀπό ῤάβδων ἡ χλωρῶν χορτων στρωσις καί φυλλων)
2. that which is used in making a bed of this sort, a branch full of leaves, soft faliage

Usually translated as

branch

Origin

from a primary steíbō (to "step" or "stamp")

Occurrences

Stoibás occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1)

• Mark 11:8 — And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches (στοιβαδας) off the trees, and strawed them in the way.