Strong's Lexicon
G5505 — χιλιάς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5505 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χιλιάς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5507 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 23 |
| Transliteration: | chilias |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khil-ee-as' |
| Meaning: | 1. one thousand ("chiliad") |
| KJV Renderings: | thousand |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χιλιάς, χιλιαδος, ἡ (χίλιοι), a thousand, the number one thousand: plural, Luk 14:31; Act 4:4; 1Co 10:8; Rev 5:11; Rev 7:4-8; Rev 11:13; Rev 14:1-3; Rev 21:16; the Sept. for àÆìÆó, àÂìÈôÄéí. (Herodotus on.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
χιλιάς (thousand)
Luke 14:31
- KJV: Or 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
- GK: η τις βασιλεύς πορευόμενος συμβαλείν ετέρω βασιλεί εις πόλεμον ουχί καθίσας πρώτον βουλεύεται ει δυνατός εστιν εν δέκα χιλιάσιν απαντήσαι τω μετά είκοσι χιλιάδων ερχομένω επ΄ αυτόν
Acts 4:4
- KJV: Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed and the number of the men was about five thousand
- GK: πολλοί δε των ακουσάντων τον λόγον επίστευσαν και εγενήθη ο αριθμός των ανδρών ωσεί χιλιάδες πέντε
1 Corinthians 10:8
- KJV: Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed and fell in one day three and twenty thousand
- GK: μηδέ πορνεύωμεν καθώς τινες αυτών επόρνευσαν και έπεσον εν μιά ημέρα εικοσιτρείς χιλιάδες
Revelation 5:11
- KJV: And 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 ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands
- GK: και είδον και ήκουσα ως φωνήν αγγέλων πολλών κύκλω του θρόνου και των ζώων και των πρεσβυτέρων και ην ο αριθμός αυτών μυριάδες μυριάδων και χιλιάδες χιλιάδων
Revelation 7:4
- KJV: And I heard the number of them which were sealed sealed an hundred forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel
- GK: και ήκουσα των αριθμών των εσφραγισμένων εκατόν και τεσσαράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες εσφραγισμένοι εκ πάσης φυλής υιών Ισραήλ
Revelation 7:5
- KJV: Of the tribe of Juda sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Reuben sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Gad sealed twelve thousand
- GK: εκ φυλής Ιούδα δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμένοι εκ φυλής Ρουβην δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι εκ φυλής Γαδ δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι
Revelation 7:6
- KJV: Of the tribe of Aser sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Nepthalim sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Manasses sealed twelve thousand
- GK: εκ φυλής Ασήρ δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι εκ φυλής Νεφθαλείμ δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι εκ φυλής Μανασσή δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι
Revelation 7:7
- KJV: Of the tribe of Simeon sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Levi sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Issachar sealed twelve thousand
- GK: εκ φυλής Συμεών δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι εκ φυλής Λευϊ δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι εκ φυλής Ισαχαρ δώδεκα χιλιάδες εσφραγισμενοι
Revelation 7:8
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