Strong's #3003: legeon (pronounced leg-eh-ohn')
of Latin origin; a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively):--legion.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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legeōn
1) a legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men (i.e. 6100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: of Latin origin
Citing in TDNT: 4:68, 505
Usage:
This word is used 4 times:
Matthew 26:53: "me more than twelve legions of angels?"
Mark 5:9: "saying, My name is Legion: for we are many."
Mark 5:15: "him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and"
Luke 8:30: "And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered"