stadion <4712>
stadion stadion or masculine (in plural) stadiov stadios
Pronunciation: | stad'-ee-on stad'-ee-os, |
Origin: | from the base of 2476 (as fixed) |
Reference: | - |
PrtSpch: | n n |
In Greek: | stadiouv 3, stadiw 1, stadiwn 3 |
In NET: | distance 1, a stadium 1, far 1, fourteen hundred miles 1, seven miles 1, miles 1, two miles 1 |
In AV: | furlong 5, race 1 |
Count: | 6 |
Definition: | 1) a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m) 2) a race course 2a) 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 from the base of 2476 (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course:-furlong, race. see GREEK for 2476 |
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