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LE'GION, n. L. legio, from lego, to collect.
1. In Roman antiquity, a body of infantry consisting of different numbers of men at different periods, from three to five thousand. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into ten companies, and each company into two centuries.
2. A military force military bands.
3. A great number.
Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach.
My name is legion, for we are many. Mark 5 .
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Legion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/l/legion.html.
Entry for 'Legion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/l/legion.html.
