adjective
chilioi
Strong’sG5507
a thousand
stem chili-11 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χίλιοι, -αι, -α
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5507 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhil'-ee-oy
a thousand
Fromplural of uncertain affinity;
King Jamesthousand.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive plural feminine χιλιῶν, irregular in Attic dialect accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+ substantive (see. below Refs; dative plural feminine (originally locative) χιλίᾱσιν Refs: dialect forms, Locrian dialect χίλιοι (as in Attic dialect, see above) Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect χήλιοι (written χέλ-) Refs 5th c.BC+χέλλιοι Refs 2nd c.BC+; Ionic dialect χείλιοι Refs 5th c.BC+, which should probably be restored in Refs 8th c.BC+ ιλοι:—a thousand, Refs 8th c.BC+; πρῶθ᾽ ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλι᾽ ὑπέστη (i.e. πρόβατα), αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄϊς Refs: usually agreeing with its substantive, Refs 8th c.BC+; but sometimes as substantive followed by genitive, χίλιοι Μακεδόνων Refs 5th c.BC+: to express the addition of a smaller number, that number may either precede or follow, διακόσιοι καὶ χ. Refs 5th c.BC+; later καί is frequently omitted, NT+5th c.BC+; οἱ χ. λογάδες (at Argos) the Thousand, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 singular with collective nouns, χιλίη ἵππος a thousand horse, Refs 5th c.BC+; also χιλία ὁλοκαύτωσις burnt-offering of 1000 cattle, LXX
3 χίλιαι (i.e. δραχμαί) as substantive, a thousand drachmae, περὶ χιλιῶν κινδυνεύειν Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit sahásram 'a thousand' (with prefix sa- = sṃ-); I.-Refs 5th c.BC+ ĝheslo-, ĝheslio-.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi8×χίλια |
| object accusative | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi2×χιλίας | ||
| direct address vocative | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi1×χιλίων | chilioi | chilioi |
| to, for dative | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi | chilioi |
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
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
chilioi“one thousand”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 14:20“one thousand”… toiu chalinoiu toiu hippoiu apo stadioiu chilioi hexakosioi.… city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
chilioi“one thousand”objectaccusative plural2×
Revelation 11:3“one thousand”… duo marturoi mu, kai profēteuali hēmerain chilioi diakosioi hexēkonta, peribalorēntois sakkoin.… will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Revelation 12:6“one thousand”… theou, hina ekei trefaleiō autan hēmerain chilioi diakosioi hexēkonta.… wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
chilioi“a thousand”subject or objectdirect plural8×
2 Peter 3:8… hoti henas hēmeras para kurio hōs chilioi eteim kai chilioi eteim hōs hēmeras …… the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are …
2 Peter 3:8… para kurio hōs chilioi eteim kai chilioi eteim hōs hēmeras henas.… is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Revelation 20:3… ēti teim ethneim, achri teliteia teim chilioi eteim; meta houteim datō luira auton …… not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he …
Revelation 20:5… nekroiu ouk zōala achri teliteia teim chilioi eteim. houtas tas anastasias tas prōtas.… come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the …
Revelation 20:7Kai hotan teliteia teim chilioi eteim, luiti tos Satanos ek tau …When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be …
Revelation 20:2… kai tos Satanos, kai data auton chilioi eteim,… and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4… zōala kai basilala meta tou christou chilioi eteim.… life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:6… tou christou, kai basilali meta autou chilioi eteim.… and will reign with Him for a thousand years.