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
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.
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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+]
