stadion · stadion (distance)

What it means

stadion (στάδιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stadion (distance)”.

Stadion: a measure of distance of about 185 meters (about 200 yards).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A distance measure of about 185 meters.
2. The track where races were run.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• stadia ×6
• stadium ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×1
• John×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 14:24

  But the boat was already many stadia away from the land, battered by the waves, for the wind was against it.

• Luke 24:13

  And look, two of them on that very day were going to a village sixty stadia away from Jerusalem, whose name was Emmaus;

• John 6:19

  So when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

• John 11:18

  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

• 1 Corinthians 9:24

  Do you not know that those who run in a stadium all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

• Revelation 14:20

  And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, for one thousand six hundred stadia.

• Revelation 21:16

  And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its width. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.