Lexical Summary legeōn: a legion Original Word: λεγεώνTransliteration: legeōn Phonetic Spelling: (leg-eh-ohn') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a legion Meaning: a legion Strong's Concordance legion. Of Latin origin; a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively) -- legion. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3003: λεγεώνλεγεών and (so T, Tr (but not in Matthew 26:53), WH (see at the end), also Lachmann in Mark 5:9, 15) λεγιών (cf. Tdf. edition 7 Proleg., p. 1.; (especially edition 8, p. 83; Buttmann, 16 (15)); so, too, in inscriptions in Boeckh; (Diodorus, Plutarch, others)), λεγεωνος, ἡ (a Latin word), a legion (a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6,826 men (i. e. 6,100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)): Matthew 26:53; Mark 5:9, 15; Luke 8:30 (here WH (ex errore?) λεγιών (cf. Chandler § 593)). |
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