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G3463 μύριοι (mýrioi)

Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

μυρίοι, ίαι, ία Adj ten thousand, innumerable

Strong's Definition

ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many

Derivation: plural of an apparently primary word (properly, meaning very many);

KJV Usage: ten thousand

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -αι, -α | μυρίος

60.45 · Number · One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]

ten thousand cardinal number, where there are ten thousand instances of a countable entity

MAT 18:24 · 1CO 14:19

60.7 · Number · Number, Countless

very very many, innumerable, countless pertaining to what is extremely numerous It would be possible to interpret μυρίους in 1CO 4:15 as meaning literally ‘ten thousand’ (see 60.45), but the evident intent in this context is to emphasize the indefinitely large number rather than any specific quantity.

1CO 4:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μυρίος, -a, -ov, [fr. Hom. down]; 1. innumerable, countless, [A. V. ten thousand]: 1 Co. iv. 15; xiv. 19. 2. with the accent drawn back (cf. Brim. Ausf. Sprchl. § 70 Anm. 15, vol. i. 278; Passow s. v. fin.; [L. and 5. 5. v. III.]), μύριοι, -tat, -ta, ten thousand: Mt. xviii. 24.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μύριοι myrioi 1x

indefinitely, a great number; specifically, μύριοι, a myriad, ten thousand, Mt. 18:24*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μυρίος, -α, -ον, numberless, countless, infinite: I Co 4:15 14:19.

As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α, ten thousand: Mt 18:24.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μυρίοι, which in the NT (Mt 1834 αΔ} denotes a very large, an unlimited number, is used literally = 10,000 before a collective subst. in P Petr III. 41 verso (iii/B.c.) κατὰ μυρίαν δεσμήν, ‘for 10,000 bundles”; cf. 20, τ,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μύριοι (murioi) — myriad. Related to: μῡρῐ-άς, δος, ἡ, Attic dialect genitive plural μυριαδῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—number of [Refs]myriad, [Refs 5th c.BC+] times [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: frequently of countless numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of money (i.e. δραχμῶν), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of corn (i.e. μεδίμνων), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also (i.e. ἀρταβῶν), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. as adjective, φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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