Strong's Lexicon
G3463
G3463 — μύριοι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3463 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μύριοι |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | plural of an apparently primary word (properly, meaning very many) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | murioi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | moo'-ree-oi |
| Meaning: | 1. ten thousand 2. (by extension) innumerably many |
| KJV Renderings: | ten thousand |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μυρίος, μύρια, μυριον (from Homer down);
1. innumerable, countless (A. V. ten thousand): 1Co 4:15; 1Co 14:19.
2. with the accent drawn back (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. § 70 Anm. 15, vol. 1:278; Passow, under the word at the end; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III.)), μύριοι, μύριαι, μύρια, ten thousand: Mat 18:24.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μυρίοι (ten thousand)
Matthew 18:24
- KJV: And when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents
- GK: αρξαμένου δε αυτού συναίρειν προσηνέχθη αυτώ εις οφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων
1 Corinthians 4:15
- KJV: For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ yet not many fathers for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel
- GK: εάν γαρ μυρίους παιδαγωγούς έχητε εν χριστώ αλλ΄ ου πολλούς πατέρας εν γαρ χριστώ Ιησού διά του ευαγγελίου εγώ υμάς εγέννησα
1 Corinthians 14:19
- KJV: Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding that I might teach others also than ten thousand words in an tongue
- GK: αλλ΄ εν εκκλησία θέλω πέντε λογούς διά του νοός μου λαλήσαι ίνα και άλλους κατηχήσω η μυρίους λόγους εν γλώσση