Attention!

Tired of see ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day.

Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3003 - λεγεών

Transliteration

legeṓn

Phonetics

leg-eh-ohn'

Origin

of Latin origin

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

4:68,505

Definition

Thayer's

a legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men (i.e. 6100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

NAS (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

HCS (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

BSB (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

ESV (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

WEB (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λεγεών, ῶνος, ἡ,

= Lat. legio, Matthew 26:53, Mark 5:9, Plu. Rom. 13, 20, IGRom. 3.670, al.: — freq. written λεγιών, ib.214.3, al.: — hence λεγιονάριος, ὁ, ib.913.3, al.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† λεγιών

(Rec. -εών ), -ῶνος , ἡ , (Lat. legio),

a legion: Matthew 26:53, Mark 5:9; Mark 5:15, Luke 8:30.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The spelling λεγιών, which is always found in the NT occurrences of this Latin word (Matthew 26:53, Mark 5:9; Mark 5:15, Luke 8:30), is supported by numerous exx. in the papyri, e.g. P Lond 256 recto (a).3 (A.D. 15) (= II. p. 99) λεγιῶνος δευτέρας κἰκοστῆς (= καὶ εἰκοστῆς), BGU I. 140.7 (time of Hadrian) λεγιῶνο (ς) [β ̄], ib. 156.1 (A.D. 201) Διογένης στρατιώτης λεγιῶνος β ̄, P Oxy XIV. 1666.6 (iii/A.D.) γεγραφηκὼς περὶ τοῦ μεικροῦ Παυσανίου ὡς εἰς λεγιῶνα στρατευσάμενον, ";having written you about the little Pausanias becoming a soldier"; (Edd.), and BGU III. 899.1 (iv/A.D. ?) στρατιώτης λεγιόνω [ς ] (l. λεγιῶνος) πέμπτης Μακαιδωνικῆς (l. Μακεδονικῆς) : cf. also ib. I. 113.11 (A.D. 143) λ ]ε ̣γει [ῶν ]ος. The spelling λεγεών is also found—BGU IV. 1108.3 (B.C. 5) λ [ε ]γεῶν [ο ]ς, P Oxy II. 276.9 (A.D. 77) λεγεῶνος δευτέρας, BGU I. 21iii. 13 f. (A.D. 340) ὑπὸ τοῦ πραιποσίτου τῆς λεγεῶνος τῷ στρατιώτῃ τῆς λεγεῶνος, etc. See further Moulton Gr. ii. p. 76.

List of Word Forms

λέβης λέβησι λέβητα λέβητας λέβητες λέβητι λέβητος λεβήτων λεγεών λεγεώνα λεγεώνας Λεγιων Λεγιών Λεγιὼν λεγιωνα λεγιῶνα λεγιωνας λεγιῶνας Legion Legiōn Legiṓn Legiṑn legiona legiôna legiōna legiō̂na legionas legiônas legiōnas legiō̂nas

video advertisement

Search for…