Word Summary
milion: a Roman mile (about 1618 yards)
Original Word: μίλιονTransliteration: milion
Phonetic Spelling: (mil'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a Roman mile (about 1618 yards)
Meaning: a Roman mile (about 1618 yards)
Strong's Concordance
mile.
Of Latin origin; a thousand paces, i.e. A "mile" -- mile.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3400: μίλιονμίλιον,
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):
Matthew 5:41. (
Polybius,
Strabo,
Plato.)