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Strong's #3461 - μυριάς
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- ten thousand
- an innumerable multitude, an unlimited number
- innumerable hosts
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μῡρῐ-άς, άδος, ἡ, Att. gen. pl. μυριαδῶν Hdn. Gr. 1.428: —
number of 10, 000, myriad, Simon. 91, Hdt. 2.30, Archim. Aren. 3.2, etc.; μ. πρώτη 10, 000 and μ. δευτέρα 10, 000 times 10, 000, Dioph. 5.8: freq. of countless numbers, E. Ph. 830 (lyr.), etc.; μυριάδες ἐτῶν Phld. Piet. 93; of money (sc. δραχμῶν), Ar. Eq. 829 (anap.), Plu. Cat.Mi. 44; of corn (sc. μεδίμνων), Hdt. 3.91, D. 20.32; also (sc. ἀρταβῶν), POxy. 1259.4 (iii A. D.). II as Adj., φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν A. Pers. 927 (lyr.: sed leg. ταρφύς τις μ.) ; μ. πόλεις E. Rh. 913 (lyr.).
μυριάς, μυριαδος, ἡ (μυρίος) (from Herodotus down), the Sept. for רְבָבָה and רִבּו;
a. ten thousand: Acts 19:19 (on which passage see ἀργύριον, 3 at the end).
b. plural with the genitive equivalent to an innumerable multitude, an unlimited number ((like our myriads), the Latinsexcenti, German Tausend): Luke 12:1; Acts 21:20; Revelation 5:11 (not Rec.st);
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μυριάς , -άδος , ἡ
(< μυρίος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7233;]
ten thousand, a myriad: pl., Acts 19:19, Revelation 5:11; Revelation 9:16; hyperb., of vast numbers, Luke 12:1, Acts 21:20, Hebrews 12:12, Judges 1:14.†
**† δισ -μυριάς , -άδος , ἡ ,
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 6:1-31 *;]
twice ten thousand: Revelation 9:16 (LT; δὶς μυριάδες , WH; δύο μ ., Rec.).†
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