- Transliteration: Stadion

- Phonetic: stad'-ee-on

- Definition:

1. a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)

2. a race course

a. place in which contests in running were held, the one who outstripped the rest and reached the goal first, receiving the prize. Courses of this description were found in most of the larger Greek cities, and were like that at Olympia, 600 Greek feet in length

- Origin: or masculine (in plural) stadios stad'-ee-os, from the base of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476 (as fixed)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Or the masculine plural form στάδιος stadios stad'-ee-os. From the base of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476 (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication a stadium or race course: - furlong race.