Lexicon legión: a legion Original Word: λεγεών, ῶνος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine Transliteration: legión Phonetic Spelling: (leg-eh-ohn') Short Definition: a legion, very large number Definition: properly: a division of the Roman army, numbering about 6,000 infantry with additional cavalry; hence: a very large number; a legion. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Latin origin Definitiona legion NASB Translationlegion (1), Legion (2), legions (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3003: λεγεώνλεγεών and (so T, Tr (but not in Matthew 26:53), WH (see at the end), also Lachmann in Mark 5:9, 15) λεγιών (cf. Tdf. edition 7 Proleg., p. 1.; (especially edition 8, p. 83; Buttmann, 16 (15)); so, too, in inscriptions in Boeckh; ( Diodorus, Plutarch, others)), λεγεωνος, ἡ (a Latin word), a legion (a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6,826 men (i. e. 6,100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)): Matthew 26:53; Mark 5:9, 15; Luke 8:30 (here WH (ex errore?) λεγιών (cf. Chandler § 593)).
Strong's legion. Of Latin origin; a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively) -- legion. |
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