What does δέκα · χιλιάς mean in the Bible?
δέκα · χιλιάς is a Greek phrase meaning "ten thousand".
Greek · G1176, G5505
δέκα χιλιάσιν
Ten · one thousand ("chiliad")
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Words in this compound — expand to study each participant
δέκα G1176 ten
Pronunciation déka
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χιλιάς G5505 one thousand ("chiliad")
Pronunciation chiliás
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What does δέκα χιλιάσιν (deka chiliasin) mean in the Bible?
δέκα · χιλιάς is a Greek phrase meaning "ten thousand".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1176, G5505?
G1176, G5505 is connected to 25 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ten thousand
Source Gloss
ten thousand
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 25 Case pattern Accusative (13) Number pattern Plural (25)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:24 · Mark 10:41 · Luke 17:12 · Luke 17:17 · Rev 17:12 5×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 17:12 · Rev 17:16 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 19:17 · Acts 25:6 · Rev 2:10 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Luke 14:31 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 25:28 · Luke 13:16 · Rev 12:3 · Rev 13:1 · Rev 17:3 · Rev 17:7 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 15:8 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 19:16 · Luke 19:24 · Luke 19:25 5×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 19:13 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain