χιλιάς

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine23 occurrences4 books13 verses

Definition

χιλιάς, -άδος, ἡ

(χίλιοι), [in LXX for אֶלֶף ;]

the number one thousand, a thousand: Luke 14:31, Acts 4:4, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 5:11; 7:4-8; 11:13; 14:1, 3; 21:16.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

23 total
  1. Luke 14:31χιλιάσιν · thousand [men]; χιλιάδων · thousand
    Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
  2. Acts 4:4χιλιάδες · thousand
    But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:8χιλιάδες · thousand [of them]
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  4. Revelation 5:11χιλιάδες · thousands; χιλιάδων · of thousands
    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.
  5. Revelation 7:4χιλιάδες
    And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
  6. Revelation 7:5χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες
    From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
  7. Revelation 7:6χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες
    …from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
  8. Revelation 7:7χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες
    …from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
  9. Revelation 7:8χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες; χιλιάδες
    …from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
  10. Revelation 11:13χιλιάδες · thousand
    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  11. Revelation 14:1χιλιάδες
    Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
  12. Revelation 14:3χιλιάδες
    And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
  13. Revelation 21:16χιλιάδων
    The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.