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)).

λεγιών legiōn 4x also spelled λεγεών , a Roman legion; in NT used indefinitely for a great number, Mat_26:53 ; Mar_5:9 ; Mar_5:15 , Luk_8:30

*† λεγιών ( Rec. -εών ), -ῶνος , ἡ , (Lat. legio), a legion: Mat_26:53 , Mar_5:9 ; Mar_5:15 , Luk_8:30 .†

λεγιών [page 371] The spelling λεγιών , which is always found in the NT occurrences of this Latin word ( Mat_26:53 , Mar_5:9 ; Mar_5:15 , Luk_8:30 ), is supported by numerous exx. in the papyri, e.g. P Lond 256 recto ( a ) .3 (A.D. 15) (= II. p. 99) λεγιῶνος δευτέρας κἰκοστῆς (= καὶ εἰκοστῆς ), BGU I. 140 .7 (time of Hadrian) λεγιῶνο (ς ) [β̄ ], ib. 156 .1 (A.D. 201) Διογένης στρατιώτης λεγιῶνος β̄ , P Oxy XIV. 1666 .6 (iii/A.D.) γεγραφηκὼς περὶ τοῦ μεικροῦ Παυσανίου ὡς εἰς λεγιῶνα στρατευσάμενον , having written you about the little Pausanias becoming a soldier (Edd.), and BGU III. 899 .1 (iv/A.D. ?) στρατιώτης λεγιόνω [ς ] ( l. λεγιῶνος ) πέμπτης Μακαιδωνικῆς ( l. Μακεδονικῆς ) : cf. also ib . I. 113 .11 (A.D. 143) λ ]ε̣γει [ῶν ]ος . The spelling λεγεών is also found BGU IV. 1108 .3 (B.C. 5) λ [ε ]γεῶν [ο ]ς , P Oxy II. 276 .9 (A.D. 77) λεγεῶνος δευτέρας , BGU I. 21 iii. 13 f. (A.D. 340) ὑπὸ τοῦ πραιποσίτου τῆς λεγεῶνος τῷ στρατιώτῃ τῆς λεγεῶνος , etc. See further Moulton Gr. ii. p. 76.

λεγεών λεγεών, ῶνος, the Lat. legio, NTest. , Plut.

λεγιών (Rec. -εών), -ῶνος, ἡ, (Lat. legio), a legion: Mat.26:53, Mrk.5:9, 15, Luk.8:30.† (AS)