Strong’s G3003 · Greek
λεγεών
legeṓn · leg-eh-ohn'
Origin of Latin origin;
Meaning a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively)
In the King James Version legion.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Mark 5:9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- Mark 5:15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Luke 8:30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.