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G3003 — λεγεών
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
legeon (leg-eh-own') n.
1. a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively)
[of Latin origin]
KJV: legion
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
legion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λεγεών and (so T, Tr (but not in Mat 26:53), WH (see at the end), also Lachmann in Mar 5:9; Mar 5:15) 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)): Mat 26:53; Mar 5:9; Mar 5:15; Luk 8:30 (here WH (ex errore?) λεγιών (cf. Chandler § 593)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λεγεών (legion)
Matthew 26:53
- KJV: Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels
- GK: η δοκείς ότι ου δύναμαι άρτι παρακαλέσαι τον πατέρα μου και παραστήσει μοι πλείους η δώδεκα λεγεώνας αγγέλων
Mark 5:9
- KJV: And he asked him What thy name And he answered saying My name Legion for we are many
- GK: και επηρώτα αυτόν τι σοι όνομα και απεκρίθη λέγων λεγεών όνομά μοι ότι πολλοί εσμεν
Mark 5:15
- KJV: And they come to Jesus and see him that was possessed with the devil and had the legion sitting and clothed and in his right mind and they were afraid
- GK: και έρχονται προς τον Ιησούν και θεωρούσι τον δαιμονιζόμενον καθήμενον και ιματισμένον και σωφρονούντα τον εσχηκότα τον λεγεώνα και εφοβήθησαν
Luke 8:30
- KJV: And Jesus asked him saying What is thy name And he said Legion because many devils were entered into him
- GK: επηρώτησε δε αυτόν ο Ιησούς λέγων τι σοι εστίν όνομα ο δε είπεν Λεγεών ότι δαιμόνια πολλά εισήλθεν εις αυτόν