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G3400 μίλιον (mílion)
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Quick Definition

μίλιον, ου, τό n.n. a Roman mile

Strong's Definition

of Latin origin; a thousand paces, i.e. a "mile"

KJV Usage: mile

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου

81.29 · Spacial Dimensions · Specific Measures of Length

mile, kilometer a Roman mile, consisting of a thousand paces and equivalent to somewhat less than an English mile but equal to about one kilometer and a half In translating MAT 5:41 in the metric system, it would be better to simply say ‘whoever forces you to carry his pack one kilometer’ rather than to attempt more specific distance, namely, ‘a kilometer and a half.’

MAT 5:41

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μίλιον, -ov, τό, (a word of Lat. origin [cf. B. 18 (16)]), a mile, among the Romans the distance of a thousand paces or eight stadia, [somewhat less than our mile]: Mt. ν. 41. (Polyb., Strab., Plut.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μίλιον milion 1x

a Roman mile, which contained mille passuum, 1000 paces, or 8 stadia, 4,854 feet, Mt. 5:41*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† μίλιον, -ου, τό, a Roman mile (1680 yds.): Mt 5:41.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μίλιον. For this noun (Mt 541), which is a new formation from the Lat. plur. mzléa (passuune), cf. P Strass I. 57° (ii/A.v.) μηδὲ μείλιον ἀπεχουσῶν ἀλλήλ[ων, ‘being less than a mile distant from each other’’—of two villages, and Sy// 418 (= 3. 888) 35 (a.D. 238) ἀπό ye μειλίων δύο τῆς κώμης ἡμῶν. For other nouns borrowed from Latin see Moulton G7. ii. § 63.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μίλιον (milion) — mile. μῑλῐ-ον, τό, a Roman mile, [NT+2nd c.BC+]:—also μείλιον (which see).

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