Strong G3400μίλιον
mile
- Transliteration
- milion
- Pronunciation
- mil'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of Latin origin; a thousand paces that is a mile: - mile.
Detailed definition
a Roman mile, milliarium , = 1000 paces,= 8 stades, = 1680 yards, i. e. 80 yards less than our mile, (Polybius Historicus), etc. (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G3400 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mile1
First verses
- Matthew 5:41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
μῑλῐ-ον, τό,
a Roman mile, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.11.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.1.9, NT.Matt.5.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 7)]:—also μείλιον (which see).
a Roman mile, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.11.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.1.9, NT.Matt.5.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 7)]:—also μείλιον (which see).