- Original: στοιβάς - Transliteration: Stoibas - Phonetic: stoy-bas' - Definition: 1. branch, leafy limb - Origin: from a primary steibo (to step or stamp) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From a primary word στείβω steibō(to step or stamp); a spread (as if tramped flat) of loose materials for a couch that is (by implication) a bough of a tree so employed: - branch. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • branches, 1 Mar 11:8