Strong G4712στάδιος
stadium
- Transliteration
- stadion
- Pronunciation
- stad'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Neuter)
Definition
Or the masculine plural form στάδιος stadios stad'-ee-os .
From the base of G2476 (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or race course: - furlong race.
From the base of G2476 (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or race course: - furlong race.
Detailed definition
στάδιον, -ου, τό pl., στάδια (Jhn.6:19, T), and metapl., στάδιοι (see B1., 9, 1),
[in LXX: Dan LXX 4:9, Sus 1:37, 2Ma.11:5 2Mac 12:9 ff. *;]
a stadium, i.e.
1. a measure of length = 600 Greek feet or 1⁄8 of a Roman mile Mat.14:24 (Rec., WH, txt., R, mg.), Luk.24:13, Jhn.6:19 11:18, Rev.14:20 21:16, and, this being the length of the Olympic course,
2. a race-course: 1Co.9:24.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Dan LXX 4:9, Sus 1:37, 2Ma.11:5 2Mac 12:9 ff. *;]
a stadium, i.e.
1. a measure of length = 600 Greek feet or 1⁄8 of a Roman mile Mat.14:24 (Rec., WH, txt., R, mg.), Luk.24:13, Jhn.6:19 11:18, Rev.14:20 21:16, and, this being the length of the Olympic course,
2. a race-course: 1Co.9:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4712 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- furlong5
- race1
First verses
- Luke 24:13And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
- John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
- John 11:18Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στάδιος [ᾰ], α, ον,
(ἵστημι) standing fast and firm, σ. ὑσμίνη close fight, fought hand to hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.314, 713, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38)]; ἐνὶ σταδίῃ (i.e. ὑσμίνῃ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.241, compare 13.514; ἡ σ. μάχη 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.273f)], compare σταδαῖο; [πῖδαξ] σταδίη μένει, of a spring from which no water flows, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.326.)]
2 firm, fixed, θάλαμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.13: τὸ σ)]. immobility, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.43.)]
3 standing upright or straight, σ. χιτών,= ὀρθοστάδιον, an ungirt tunic hanging in straight plaits, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 59)], compare στατό; θώραξ σ. a stiff breastplate, plate-armour, opposed to στρεπτός or ἁλυσιδωτός, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1226 (see. Scholia).)]
II (ἵστημι A.IV) weighed, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 402 (στήδην conjecture Bentley).)]
(ἵστημι) standing fast and firm, σ. ὑσμίνη close fight, fought hand to hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.314, 713, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38)]; ἐνὶ σταδίῃ (i.e. ὑσμίνῃ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.241, compare 13.514; ἡ σ. μάχη 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.273f)], compare σταδαῖο; [πῖδαξ] σταδίη μένει, of a spring from which no water flows, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.326.)]
2 firm, fixed, θάλαμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.13: τὸ σ)]. immobility, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.43.)]
3 standing upright or straight, σ. χιτών,= ὀρθοστάδιον, an ungirt tunic hanging in straight plaits, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 59)], compare στατό; θώραξ σ. a stiff breastplate, plate-armour, opposed to στρεπτός or ἁλυσιδωτός, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1226 (see. Scholia).)]
II (ἵστημι A.IV) weighed, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 402 (στήδην conjecture Bentley).)]