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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78370" /> == | |||
<div> '''1: '''''Μίλιον''''' ''' (Strong'S #3400 — Noun Neuter — milion — mil'-ee-on ) </div> <p> "a Roman mile," a word of Latin origin (1680 yards), is used in Matthew 5:41 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73815" /> == | |||
<p> '''Mile.''' A Roman measure of length, equal to 1618 English yards - 4854 feet, or about nine-tenths of an English mile. It is only once noticed in the Bible, Matthew 5:41, the usual method of reckoning, both in the New Testament, and in [[Josephus]] being by the stadium. The mile of the [[Jews]] is said to have been of two kinds, long or short, dependent on the length of the pace, which varied in different parts, the long pace being double the length of the short one. </p> | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81135" /> == | |||
<p> a measure of length, containing a thousand paces. [[Eight]] <em> stadia </em> or furlongs make a mile. The Romans commonly measured by miles, and the [[Greeks]] by furlongs. The furlong was a hundred and twenty-five paces; the pace was five feet. The ancient Hebrews had neither miles, furlongs, nor feet, but only the cubit, the reed, and the line. The rabbins make a mile to consist of two thousand cubits, and four miles make a parasang. </p> | |||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48187" /> == | |||
<p> The Hebrews did not measure by the mile, but by the cubit. Our translators of the Bible have, however, very properly, rendered the measurement by the English standard; so that a mile, in our language, corresponds to two thousand cubits, and a furlong is the eighth part of a mile. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61555" /> == | |||
<p> MILE, n. L. mille passus, a thousand paces passus being dropped in common usage. A measure of length or distance, containing eight furlongs, 320 rods, poles or perches, 1760 yards, 5280 feet, or 80 chains. The Roman mile was a thousand paces, equal to 1600 yards English measure. </p> | |||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198064" /> == | |||
<p> Matthew 5:41 (a) The term is used to describe those actions wherein we do more than is expected of us. We give more than is requested of us. We show an interest beyond that which is required. </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16640" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16640" /> == | ||
<p> The word mile, in Matthew 5:41 , is spoken of the | <p> The word mile, in Matthew 5:41 , is spoken of the Roman milliare, or mile, which contained eight stadia, 1,000 paces, that is, about 1,614 yards, while the English mile contains 1,760 yards. </p> | ||
== | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70522" /> == | ||
Matthew 5:41 | <p> '''Mile,''' the Roman, equal to 1618 English yards—4854 feet, or about nine-tenths of an English mile. It is only once noticed in the Bible. Matthew 5:41. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36738" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36738" /> == | ||
<p> A | <p> A Roman measure, 1,618 yards, only in Matthew 5:41. Roman milestones are still seen here and there in Palestine. Our mile is 1,760 yards. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143921" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in [[England]] and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42354" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42354" /> == | ||
Matthew 5:41 | Matthew 5:41 | ||
== | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32716" /> == | ||
Matthew 5:41 | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52550" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52550" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56561" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56561" /> == | ||
<p> <b> MILE. </b> —See | <p> <b> MILE. </b> —See Weights and Measures. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67608" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67608" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See [[Weights And Measures]] </p> | ||
== | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50988" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> ( '''''Μίλιον''''' '','' the Greek form of the Latin ''Milliarium,'' from ''Mille,'' a ''Thousand,'' Matthew 5:41), a Roman measure of 1000 geometrical paces ''(Passus)'' of five feet each, and therefore equal to 5000 Roman feet (see Smith's ''Dict. Of Greek And Roman Antiq.'' s.v. Milliare). Taking the Roman foot at 11.6496 English inches, the Roman mile would be 1618 English yards, or 142 yards less than the English statute mile (see [[Penny]] Cyclopaedia, s.v.). By another calculation, in which the foot is taken at 11.62 inches, the mile would be little more than 1614 yards. The number of Roman miles in a degree of a large circle of the earth is little more than 75 (see Ukert, Geogr. d. Griech. I, 2:75). The most common Latin term for the mile is mille passuum, or only the initials M.P.; sometimes the word passuum is omitted. The Roman mile contained eight Greek stadia (Pliny, 2:21). Hence it is usual with the earlier writers on Biblical geography to translate the Greek "stade" into the English "furlong" in stating the measurements of [[Eusebius]] and Jerome, who, like the early itineraries, always reckon by Roman miles. (See [[Furlong]]). </p> <p> The [[Talmudists]] also employed this measure (which they call '''''מַיל''''' , Otho, ''Lex. Rabb.'' page 421), but estimate it at 7 '''''½''''' stadia (Baba Mezia, 33:1), as also the Roman historians frequently reckon it, without geographical or mathematical accuracy (Forbiger, Handbuch d. alt. Geogr. 1:555). Mile-stones were set up along the roads constructed by the Romans in [[Palestine]] (Reland, Pulaest. page 401 sq.), and to this day they may be seen, here and there, in that country (Robinson, Bib. Res. 2:161, note; 2:306). The mile of the Jews is said to have been of two kinds, long or short, dependent on the length of the pace, which varied in different parts, the long pace being double the length of the short one (Carpzov, Apparat. page 679). (See [[Metrology]]). </p> | ||
== | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16136" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> This word is only mentioned in , where Christ says, 'If anyone compel thee to go with him one mile, go with him two.' The mile was originally (as its derivation from mille, 'a thousand,' implies) a Roman measure of 1000 geometrical paces (passus) of 5 feet each, and was therefore equal to 5000 Roman feet. Taking the Roman foot at 11.6496 English inches, the Roman mile would be 1618 English yards, or 142 yards less than the English statute mile. By another calculation, in which the foot is taken at 11.62 inches, the mile would be little more than 1614 yards. The number of Roman miles in a degree of a large circle of the earth is very little more than 75. The Roman mile contained 8 Greek stadia. The Greek stade hence bore the same relation to the Roman mile which the English furlong does to the English mile. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6419" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6419" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mı̄l ''''' ( μίλιον , <i> ''''' mı́lion ''''' </i> , | <p> ''''' mı̄l ''''' ( μίλιον , <i> ''''' mı́lion ''''' </i> , Latin <i> mille </i> <i> passus </i> , <i> milia </i> <i> passuum </i> ): A thousand paces, equal to 1,618 English yards. ( Matthew 5:41 ). See [[Weights And Measures]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_78370"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/mile Mile from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_73815"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_81135"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/mile Mile from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_48187"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/mile Mile from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_61555"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/mile Mile from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_198064"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/wilson-s-dictionary-of-bible-types/mile Mile from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_16640"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_70522"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/mile Mile from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_36738"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_143921"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/mile Mile from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_42354"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_32716"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_52550"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/mile Mile from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_56561"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/mile Mile from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_67608"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/mile Mile from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_50988"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mile Mile from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_16136"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/mile Mile from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_16136"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/mile Mile from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_6419"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mile Mile from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
