noun · feminine
chiliadas
Greekχιλιάς (chilias)
Strong’sG5505
a thousand
stem chiliad-23 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χιλιάς, -άδος, ἡ
(< χίλιοι), [in LXX for אֶלֶף;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5505 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhil-ee-as'
one thousand ("chiliad")
Fromfrom G5507;
King Jamesthousand.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chiliadas | chiliadais19×χιλιάδες |
| object accusative | chiliadan | chiliadain |
| direct address vocative | chiliadar | chiliadair |
| of, belonging to genitive | chiliadau | chiliadaiu3×χιλιάδων |
| to, for dative | chiliada | chiliadai1×χιλιάσιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chiliada is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
23 occurrences, every one of them listed
chiliadais“thousand”subjectnominative plural19×
Acts 4:4“thousand”pollois de toiu akouaratoiu ton logon pisteuala, kai ginita tos arithmos toiu anēroiu hōs chiliadais pente.But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
1 Corinthians 10:8“thousand”mēde porneuaneiō, kathōs tinois autoiu porneuala, kai piptala hena hēmera eikosi treis chiliadais.We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Revelation 5:11“thousands”Kai horama, kai akouama fōnan angeloiu polloiu kuklō tou thronou kai teiu zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu, kai ate tos arithmos autoiu muriadais muriadaiu kai chiliadais chiliadaiu,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.
Revelation 7:4“thousand”Kai akouama ton arithmon toiu sfragizirētoiu, hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais, sfragizirētois ek pantau fulau huioiu Israēl;And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
Revelation 7:5“thousand”ek fulau Ioudaou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
Revelation 7:5“thousand”ek fulau Ioudaou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
Revelation 7:5“thousand”ek fulau Ioudaou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
Revelation 7:6“thousand”ek fulau Asēr dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Manassou dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Revelation 7:6“thousand”ek fulau Asēr dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Manassou dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Revelation 7:6“thousand”ek fulau Asēr dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Manassou dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Revelation 7:7“thousand”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
Revelation 7:7“thousand”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
Revelation 7:7“thousand”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
Revelation 7:8“thousand”ek fulau Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois.from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Revelation 7:8“thousand”ek fulau Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois.from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Revelation 7:8“thousand”ek fulau Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois.from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Revelation 11:13“thousand”kai en ekeina ta hōra gineta seismos megos, kai tem dekatem tau politau piptata, kai apokteinila en to seismo onomeim anthrōpoiu chiliadais hepta, kai tois loipois emfobois ginela kai dōala doxan to theo tou ouranou.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.
Revelation 14:1“thousand”Kai horama, kai idou tem arniem histanarētem epi tem orem Siōn, kai meta autou hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais echarōtais tem onomem autou kai tem onomem tou patērou autou grafirētem epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.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.
Revelation 14:3“thousand”kai adalō hōs ōdan kainan enōpion tou thronou kai enōpion teiu tessares zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu; kai oudenos dunete mathara tan ōdan ei mē tais hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais, tois agorazirētois apo tau gēau.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.
chiliadaiu“thousand”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Luke 14:31“thousand”ē tinos basilevos poreuerōtos hetero basilevo sumballara eis polemon ouchi kathizaratos prōtem bouleueti ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu ercherōto epi auton?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?
Revelation 5:11“thousands”Kai horama, kai akouama fōnan angeloiu polloiu kuklō tou thronou kai teiu zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu, kai ate tos arithmos autoiu muriadais muriadaiu kai chiliadais chiliadaiu,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.
Revelation 21:16“thousand”kai tas politas tetragōnas keietō, kai tem mēkem autau hosem tem platem. kai metrata tan politan to kalamo epi stadioin dōdeka chiliadaiu; tem mēkem kai tem platem kai tem hupsem autau iseim atō.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.
chiliadai“thousand”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 14:31“thousand”ē tinos basilevos poreuerōtos hetero basilevo sumballara eis polemon ouchi kathizaratos prōtem bouleueti ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu ercherōto epi auton?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?