Mark 5:9
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And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

What.

Luke 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.

Luke 11:21-26 When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth. . . .

Legion.

Matthew 12:45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.

Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
8For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many. 10And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:45
Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.

Matthew 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?

Mark 5:8
For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

Mark 5:10
And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country.

Mark 5:15
And they came to Jesus, and they see him that was troubled with the devil, sitting, clothed, and well in his wits, and they were afraid.

Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.

Lexicon
“What [is]
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

your
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

name?”
ὄνομά (onoma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

[Jesus] asked.
ἐπηρώτα (epērōta)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

“My
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

name [is]
ὄνομά (onoma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

Legion,”
Λεγιὼν (Legiōn)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3003: Of Latin origin; a 'legion', i.e. Roman regiment.

he replied,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“for
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

we are
ἐσμεν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

many.”
πολλοί (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.


Additional Translations
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he answered saying, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'
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