Stadium
στάδιοςStrong’s G4712stadios
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Stadios is the Greek word usually translated “stadia” and “race course”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.”
Meaning
Usually translated “stadia” and “race course”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- stadia 5
- a race course 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Revelation 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
- John 11:18Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Greek dictionary
στάδιος stadios · stadium
στάδιον, -ου, τό pl., στάδια (Jhn.6:19, T), and metapl., στάδιοι (see B1., 9, 1), [in LXX: Dan LXX 4:9, Sus 1:37, 2Ma.11:5 2Mac 12:9 ff. * ;] a stadium, i.e. 1. a measure of length = 600 Greek feet or 1⁄8 of a Roman mile Mat.14:24 (Rec., WH, txt., R, mg.), Luk.24:13, Jhn.6:19 11:18, Rev.14:20 21:16, and, this being the length of the Olympic course, 2. a race-course: 1Co.9:24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stadium” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STADIUM, noun
[Latin, Gr.]
- A Greek measure of 125 geometrical paces; a furlong.
- The course or career of a race.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.