noun · feminine
muriadas
Greekμυριάς (murias)
Strong’sG3461
a myriad, ten thousand
stem muriad-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μυριάς, -άδος, ἡ
(< μυρίος), [in LXX chiefly for רְבָבָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3461 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoo-ree'-as
a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
Fromfrom G3463;
King Jamesten thousand.
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 | muriadas | muriadais2×μυριάδες |
| object accusative | muriadan | muriadain1×μυριάδας |
| direct address vocative | muriadar | muriadair |
| of, belonging to genitive | muriadau | muriadaiu3×μυριάδων |
| to, for dative | muriada | muriadai2×μυριάσιν |
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
muriada 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
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
muriadais“thousands”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 21:20“thousands”tois de akouaratois doxazale ton theon, legala tē auto; Theōrasō, adelfor, posais muriadais alō en toi Ioudaioi toiu pisteuarētoiu, kai pantois zēlōtois tou nomou huparchalō;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.
Revelation 5:11“ten thousand”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.
muriadain“thousand”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 19:19“thousand”hikanois de toiu teim periergeim prassaratoiu sumferaratois tain biblain katakaiale enōpion pantoiu; kai sumpsēfizala tain timain autaiu kai heuriskala argurieu muriadain pente.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.
muriadaiu“ten thousand”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Luke 12:1“thousands”En hei episunagirataiu taiu muriadaiu tou ochlou, hōste katapatarō allēloin, archeta legarō pros toin mathētoin autou prōtem; Prosechavōr heautoi apo tau zumau, hotinas atō hupokrisias, toiu Farisaioiu.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.
Revelation 5:11“ten thousand”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 9:16“ten thousand”kai tos arithmos teiu strateumeiu teu hippikeu dismuriadais muriadaiu; akouama ton arithmon auteiu.And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
muriadai“myriads”to, fordative plural2×
Hebrews 12:22“myriads”alla proserchavē Siōn ore kai polita theou zōarōtou, Ierousalēm epourana, kai muriadai angeloiu, panēguriaInstead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Jude 1:14“ten thousands”Profēteuata de kai houtoi hebdomos apo Adam Henōch legarōtos; Idou erchata kurios en hagiai muriadai autou,Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones