Myriad
μύριοιStrong’s G3463murioi
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Murioi is the Greek word usually translated “ten thousand”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ten thousand”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ten thousand 2
- of ten thousand 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
μύριοι murioi · myriad
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “myriad” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MYR'IAD, noun
[Gr. extreme, innumerable.]
- The number of ten thousand.
- An immense number, indefinitely.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.