Strong G3463μύριοι
myriad
- Transliteration
- murioi
- Pronunciation
- moo'-ree-oi
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Plural of an apparently primary word (properly meaning very many);
ten thousand; by extension innumerably many: - ten thousand.
ten thousand; by extension innumerably many: - ten thousand.
Detailed definition
μυρίος, -α, -ον
1. numberless, countless, infinite: 1Co.4:15 14:19.
2. As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α, ten thousand: Mat.18:24.†
(AS)
1. numberless, countless, infinite: 1Co.4:15 14:19.
2. As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α, ten thousand: Mat.18:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3463 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thousand3
First verses
- Matthew 18:24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: 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).)]