Gloss
arena, stadium, race course; a unit of length: stade (about 200 yards)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
στάδιον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration
stadion
Simplified transliteration
stadion
Numbers
Strong's number
4712
GK Number
5084
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
7
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Definition
pr. a fixed standard of measure; a stadium, the eighth part of a Roman mile, and nearly equal to a furlong, containing 201.45 yards, about 192 meters, Lk. 24:13; Mt. 14:24; Jn. 6:19; 11:18; Rev. 14:20; 21:16; a race-course, a race, 1 Cor. 9:24*
Greek-English Concordance for στάδιον
| Matthew 14:24 | Meanwhile the boat, already far (stadious | σταδίους | acc pl masc) from land, was being tossed by the waves, for the wind was against it. |
| Luke 24:13 | Now on that same day two of them were on their way to a village about seven miles (stadious | σταδίους | acc pl masc) from Jerusalem, Emmaus by name. |
| John 6:19 | When they had rowed about three or four miles (stadious | σταδίους | acc pl masc), they saw Jesus walking on the lake and approaching the boat, and they were terrified. |
| John 11:18 | Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two (stadiōn | σταδίων | gen pl masc) miles (stadiōn | σταδίων | gen pl masc) away, |
| 1 Corinthians 9:24 | Do you not know that all who run in the stadium (stadiō | σταδίῳ | dat sg neut) compete but only one receives the prize? So run that you may win. |
| Revelation 14:20 | Then the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood poured out from the winepress, rising to the height of horses’ bridles for a distance of about two hundred miles (stadiōn | σταδίων | gen pl masc). |
| Revelation 21:16 | The city was laid out as a square, its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia (stadiōn | σταδίων | gen pl neut), its length, width, and height being equal. |
