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furlong, race

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(furrow long). In N. T. for Greek stadium, 600 feet long (Luke 24:13¹³And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (Luke 24:13)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4712 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

στάδιον

Transliteration:

stadion

Phonic:

stad’-ee-on

Meaning:

στάδιος (stad'-ee-os) from the base of 2476 (as fixed); a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course

KJV Usage:

furlong, race

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

John 11:18¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (John 11:18). Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.

The stadium, or “furlong,” mentioned here and in Luke 24:13¹³And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (Luke 24:13); John 6:19¹⁹So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. (John 6:19); Revelation 14:20; 21:16²⁰And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. (Revelation 14:20)
¹⁶And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. (Revelation 21:16), was not so long as our English furlong, being six hundred and six feet and nine inches in length.