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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G4712 - Furlongs

Strong's No.:G4712

Greek:στάδιον

Transliteration:stadion

Phonetic:stad'-ee-on

Word Origin:Or the masculine plural form στάδιος stadios stad'-ee-os . From the base of G2476 (as fixed)

Bible Usage:furlong race.

Part of Speech:Noun Neuter

Strongs
Definition:

a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or race course


Thayers
Definition:

1. a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)

2. a race course

a. place in which contests in running were held, the one who outstripped the rest and reached the goal first, receiving the prize. Courses of this description were found in most of the larger Greek cities, and were like that at Olympia, 600 Greek feet in length


Bible References:
Furlongs

Translation
Occurrences:
furlongs ( 5 )
race ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.