Quick Definition
a Roman mile
Strong's Definition
a thousand paces, i.e. a "mile"
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: mile
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μίλιον, μιλιου, τό (a word of Latin origin (cf. Buttmann, 18 (16))), a mile, among the Romans the distance of a thousand paces or eight stadia (somewhat less than our mile): Mat_5:41. (Polybius, Strabo, Plato.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μίλιον milion 1x
a Roman mile, which contained mille passuum, 1000 paces, or 8 stadia, 4,854 feet, Mat_5:41
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† μίλιον , -ου , τό ,
a Roman mile (1680 yds.) : Mat_5:41 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μίλιον [page 412]
For this noun ( Mat_5:41 ), which is a new formation from the Lat. plur. milia (passuum) , cf. P Strass I. 57 .6 (ii/A.D.) μηδὲ μείλιον ἀπεχουσῶν ἀλλη̣λ̣[ων , being less than a mile distant from each other of two villages, and Syll 418 (= .3 888) .26 (A.D. 238) ἀπό γε μειλίων δύο τῆς κώμης ἡμῶν . For other nouns borrowed from Latin see Moulton Gr. ii. § 63.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μίλιον μίλιον, ου, τό, "a Roman mile, milliarium", = 1000 paces,= 8 stades, = 1680 yards, i. e. 80 yards less than our mile, Polyb. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
a Roman mile, milliarium , = 1000 paces,= 8 stades, = 1680 yards, i. e. 80 yards less than our mile, (Polybius Historicus), etc. (ML)
