μυριάς

muriasmyriadHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine8 occurrences5 books7 verses

Definition

μυριάς, -άδος, ἡ

(μυρίος), [in LXX chiefly for רְבָבָה ;]

ten thousand, a myriad: pl., Acts 19:19, Revelation 5:11; 9:16; hyperb., of vast numbers, Luke 12:1, Acts 21:20, Hebrews 12:12, Jude 14.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μυριάς:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. Luke 12:1μυριάδων · many thousands
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  2. Acts 19:19μυριάδας
    And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
  3. Acts 21:20μυριάδες · thousands
    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
  4. Hebrews 12:22μυριάσιν · to myriads
    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
  5. Jude 1:14μυριάσιν · myriads
    Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
  6. Revelation 5:11μυριάδες · myriads; μυριάδων · of myriads
    Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
  7. Revelation 9:16μυριάδων
    And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.