Greek - English Dictionary
G4712 - Race
| Strong's No.: | G4712 |
| Greek: | στάδιον |
| Transliteration: | stadion |
| Phonetic: | stad'-ee-on |
| Word Origin: | Or the masculine plural form στάδιος stadios stad'-ee-os . From the base of G2476 (as fixed) |
| Bible Usage: | furlong race. |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Neuter |
| Strongs Definition: | a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or race course |
| Thayers Definition: | 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 |
| Bible References:
Race |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
furlongs ( 5 )
race ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.