ΛΕΓΙ, λεγι
LEGI, legi
Sounds Like: LEH-gee
Translations: Legion, a legion
From the root: ΛΕΓΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a Latin loanword, 'legio', meaning a legion, which was a large unit of the Roman army, typically comprising several thousand soldiers. In the New Testament, it is notably used metaphorically to describe a large number of demons, as seen in the story of the Gerasene demoniac where the demons identify themselves as 'Legion' because they are many. It signifies a vast, organized multitude.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3003 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 8:1, 18:1
- Isaiah — 37:21
- Jeremiah — 9:24
- Zechariah — 8:9
- Matthew — 4:10, 8:7, 8:22, 8:26, 9:9, 9:37, 12:13, 12:44, 15:34, 18:22, 18:32, 19:8, 19:20, 20:8, 20:21, 20:23, 21:13, 21:16, 21:31, 22:8, 22:12, 22:20, 22:21, 22:43, 26:21, 26:31, 26:35, 26:36, 26:40, 26:45, 27:13, 27:22
- Mark — 5:9, 11:2, 11:33
- John — 6:12, 11:24, 11:39, 13:6, 16:18
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:49, 12:8, 21:11
- Romans — 9:25, 10:21
- Ephesians — 5:14
- Hebrews — 10:30
- Revelation — 2:17, 2:29, 3:13, 19:9, 22:20
- Epistle of Barnabas — 4:5, 5:4, 11:8
- Shepherd of Hermas — 4:2, 9:9, 10:4, 18:7, 67:4
From the same root
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