Strong's Number 4712
Transliteration:
stadion
{stad'-ee-on}
or masculine (in plural) stadios
{stad'-ee-os}
Word Origin:
, from the base of
2476 (as fixed)
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Usage in the KJV:
furlong 5, race 1
Total: 6
Definition:
- a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)
- a race course
- 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