Strong G3461μυριάς
myriad
- Transliteration
- murias
- Pronunciation
- moo-ree'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3463; a ten thousand; by extension a myriad or indefinite number: - ten thousand.
Detailed definition
μυριάς, -άδος, ἡ
(μυρίος), [in LXX chiefly for רְבָבָה;]
ten thousand, a myriad: pl., Act.19:19, Rev.5:11 9:16; hyperb., of vast numbers, Luk.12:1, Act.21:20, Heb.12:12, Ju 14.†
(AS)
(μυρίος), [in LXX chiefly for רְבָבָה;]
ten thousand, a myriad: pl., Act.19:19, Rev.5:11 9:16; hyperb., of vast numbers, Luk.12:1, Act.21:20, Heb.12:12, Ju 14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3461 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thousand5
- company1
- multitude1
- time1
First verses
- Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Acts 19:19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
- Acts 21:20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
- Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- Revelation 5:11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
- Revelation 9:16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μῡρῐ-άς, δος, ἡ,
Attic dialect genitive plural μυριαδῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.428)]:—number of [Refs (10, 000,)]myriad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 3.2, etc.; μ. πρώτη 10, 000 and μ. δευτέρα 10, 000)] times [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (10, 000, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 5.8)]: frequently of countless numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 830 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μυριάδες ἐτῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 93)]; of money (i.e. δραχμῶν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 829 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 44)]; of corn (i.e. μεδίμνων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.32)]; also (i.e. ἀρταβῶν), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1259.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
II as adjective, φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 927 (Lyric poetry: sed to be read ταρφύς τις μ.); μ. πόλεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 913 (Lyric poetry).)]
Attic dialect genitive plural μυριαδῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.428)]:—number of [Refs (10, 000,)]myriad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 3.2, etc.; μ. πρώτη 10, 000 and μ. δευτέρα 10, 000)] times [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (10, 000, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 5.8)]: frequently of countless numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 830 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μυριάδες ἐτῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 93)]; of money (i.e. δραχμῶν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 829 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 44)]; of corn (i.e. μεδίμνων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.32)]; also (i.e. ἀρταβῶν), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1259.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
II as adjective, φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 927 (Lyric poetry: sed to be read ταρφύς τις μ.); μ. πόλεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 913 (Lyric poetry).)]