Strong G5505χιλιάς
thousand
- Transliteration
- chilias
- Pronunciation
- khil-ee-as'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5507; one thousand (chiliad): - thousand.
Detailed definition
χιλιάς, -άδος, ἡ
(χίλιοι), [in LXX for אֶלֶף;]
the number one thousand, a thousand: Luk.14:31, Act.4:4, 1Co.10:8, Rev.5:11 7:4-8 11:13 14:1, 3 21:16.†
(AS)
(χίλιοι), [in LXX for אֶלֶף;]
the number one thousand, a thousand: Luk.14:31, Act.4:4, 1Co.10:8, Rev.5:11 7:4-8 11:13 14:1, 3 21:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5505 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thousand13
First verses
- Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- 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 7:4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Revelation 7:5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 11:13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Revelation 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χῑλι-άς, άδος, ἡ:
genitive plural χιλιάδων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28 (χιλιαδέων variant in 7.28))]:—a thousand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.58, 7.28, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 341; χ. τέτορες 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91; with _genitive_, πολλὰς χιλιάδας ταλάντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 28; ἐννέα χιλιάδας ἐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257a.)]
2 generally, large number, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 56)]; πολλαὶ χ., of lines of poetry, [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.4.)]
3 Χιλιάδες, αἱ, title of poem by [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.436f, etc.)]
II ={χιλιετηρίς}, [Refs (Alex.Aetol. 4.4)]; Ῥωμαϊκὴ χ., title of work by Asinius Quadratus, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see entry {Ἀνθιον} compare (χιλιαρχία 111, χιλιετηρίς).)]
genitive plural χιλιάδων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28 (χιλιαδέων variant in 7.28))]:—a thousand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.58, 7.28, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 341; χ. τέτορες 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91; with _genitive_, πολλὰς χιλιάδας ταλάντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 28; ἐννέα χιλιάδας ἐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257a.)]
2 generally, large number, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 56)]; πολλαὶ χ., of lines of poetry, [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.4.)]
3 Χιλιάδες, αἱ, title of poem by [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.436f, etc.)]
II ={χιλιετηρίς}, [Refs (Alex.Aetol. 4.4)]; Ῥωμαϊκὴ χ., title of work by Asinius Quadratus, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see entry {Ἀνθιον} compare (χιλιαρχία 111, χιλιετηρίς).)]