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Mile

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(from Lat. mille, “a thousand;” Matt 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mil (milion, Latin mille passus, milia passuum): A thousand paces, equal to 1,618 English yards. (Matt 5:41).

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).