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Koine Greek wordlink #25507

SR GNT Mark 5:15 λεγεῶνα (legeōna) ‘the one having had the Many_thousands and they were afraid’ Strongs=30030 Lemma=legeōn
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Gadarene_Demoniacs

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Only use of identical word form λεγεῶνα (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λεγεῶνα’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘Many_thousands’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘λεγεῶνα’ (N-AMS) was always and only glossed as ‘Legion’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘legeōn’ have 2 different glosses: ‘of army_divisions’, ‘Many_thousands’.

Greek words (2) other than λεγεῶνα (N-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘Many_thousands’

MARK 5:9 Λεγιών (Legiōn) N-NFS Lemma=legiōn ‘and he is saying to him Many_thousands is the name to me because’ SR GNT Mark 5:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 And he _was _asking him: What is the_name of _you? And he _is _saying to _him: Many _thousands is the_name to _me, because we _are many. (MRK_5:9)

OET-RV: 9 Yeshua asked, “What’s your name?”
¶ The man answered, “My name is ‘Thousands’ because there’s many of us,” (MRK 5:9)

LUKE 8:30 Λεγεών (Legeōn) N-NFS ‘he and said Many_thousands because came_in demons’ SR GNT Luke 8:30 word 16

OET-LV: 30 And the Yaʸsous asked him: What to _you is the_name? And he said: Many _thousands, because many demons came _in into him. (LUK_8:30)

OET-RV: 30 “What’s your name?” Yeshua asked.
¶ “Thousands,” he answered, because many thousands of demons had entered him (LUK 8:30)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular