Legion
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Legion (3 Occurrences)

Mark 5:9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus
Legion (3 Occurrences)
... class. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LEGION. le'-jun. See ARMY; ARMY, ROMAN.
Multi-Version Concordance Legion (3 Occurrences). Mark ...
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Roman (26 Occurrences)
... Each legion was made up, ordinarily, of 6,000 men, who were divided into 10 cohorts,
each cohort containing 3 maniples, and each maniple in turn 2 centuries. ...
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Centurion (22 Occurrences)
... tu'-ri-un: As the name implies, hekatontarches or hekatontarchos, kenturion, Latin
centurio, was the commander of a hundred men, more or less, in a Roman legion...
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Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Mark 5:9 Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said.
"Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us." (WEY). ...
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Cohort (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers;
the tenth part of a legion. 2. (n.) Any band or body of warriors. ...
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Army (401 Occurrences)
... The Roman legion, consisting roughly of 6,000 men, was familiar to the Jewish people,
and the word had become a term to express a large number (Matthew 26:53 ...
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Demons (54 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting,
clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were ...
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Quietly (30 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:15 and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated,
clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe ...
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Questioning (65 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:9 and he was questioning him, 'What 'is' thy name?' and he answered,
saying, 'Legion 'is' my name, because we are many;' (YLT). ...
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Observed (84 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting,
clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were ...
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Greek
3003. legion -- a legion
... << 3002, 3003. legion. 3004 >>. a legion. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun,
Masculine Transliteration: legion Phonetic Spelling: (leg ...
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4686. speira -- anything wound up or coiled, by ext. a body (of ...
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: speira Phonetic Spelling: (spi'-rah) Short Definition:
a cohort Definition: a cohort, the tenth part of a legion; a military ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
LEGION

le'-jun.

See ARMY; ARMY, ROMAN.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
A regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matthew 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.

2. (n.) A military force; an army; military bands.

3. (n.) A great number; a multitude.

4. (n.) A group of orders inferior to a class.

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