Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Mile

(from Lat.mille, "a thousand;" Mt. 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.



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