Stadion means “race” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4712 — metsar (“something tight”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4712 στάδιον (stadion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. stadion (stad'-ee-on) (or masculine (in plural) stadios stad'-ee-os) n. 1. a stade or certain measure of distance 2. (by implication) a stadium or race-course It has 12 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include furlongs, jerusalem, hundred, about, and five. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
stadion (stad'-ee-on) (or masculine (in plural) stadios stad'-ee-os) n. 1. a stade or certain measure of distance 2. (by implication) a stadium or race-course [from the base of G2476 (as fixed)] KJV: furlong, race Root(s): G2476
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4712. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
stadium
Usage: 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)
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Strong's G4712 (στάδιον) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
So 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.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
So he came to Judea, and drew near to Beth-zur, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.
he came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timothy, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4712.
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
So 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.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And 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.
And 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.
So he came to Judea, and drew near to Beth-zur, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.
he came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timothy, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Charax unto the Jews that are called Toubiani.
From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4712, grouped by book.
Stadion (Strong's G4712) is a Greek word most simply glossed "race". stadion (stad'-ee-on) (or masculine (in plural) stadios stad'-ee-os) n. 1. a stade or certain measure of distance 2. (by implication) a stadium or race-course
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G4712 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4712 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as furlongs, jerusalem, hundred, about, five, and city. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4712, with linked reader references where each row is available.