◄ G4712 ►
στάδιον
Transliteration
stadion;
Pronunciation
stad'-ee-on or masculine (in plural) transliterated: stadios
Parts of Speech
Root Word (Etymology)
KJV Translation Count — 6x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: furlong (5), race (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)
2. a race course
a. place in which contests in running were held, the one who outstripped the rest and reached the goal first, receiving the prize. Courses of this description were found in most of the larger Greek cities, and were like that at Olympia, 600 Greek feet in length
Strong's Definitions
stad'-ee-on; or masculine (in plural) στάδιος, stad'-ee-os; from the base of (2476) (ἵστημι) (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or racecourse: — furlong, race.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore G4712s.
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty G4712s, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
Know ye not that they which run in a G4712 run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And 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 G4712s.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand G4712s. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.