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Legion

The Roman legions were composed each of ten cohorts; a cohort, of fifty maniples; This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3003
Greek
λεγεών · legeōn

Strong’s and original-language information

G3003

λεγεών · legeōn

Glosses: Legion

λεγιών (Rec. -εών), -ῶνος, ἡ, (Lat. legio), a legion: Mat.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Legion

A regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matt. 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

LEGION

The Roman legions were composed each of ten cohorts; a cohort, of fifty maniples; a maniple, of fifteen men;

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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