What does μυριάς (myriás) mean in the Bible?
μυριάς (myriás) is a Greek word meaning "a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number".
Greek · G3461
μυριάς
A ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
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μυριάς G3461
Pronunciation myriás
What does μυριάς (myriás) mean in the Bible?
μυριάς (myriás) is a Greek word meaning "a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3461?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (2), myriads (2), many thousands (1), of myriads (1), thousands (1).
Where does μυριάς (myriás) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Acts (2), Hebrews (1), Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 2× Acts 19:19, Revelation 9:16
myriads 2× Jude 1:14, Revelation 5:11
many thousands 1× Luke 12:1
of myriads 1× Revelation 5:11
thousands 1× Acts 21:20
to myriads 1× Hebrews 12:22
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 12:1 μυριάδων to many thousands Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Acts 19:19 μυριάδας to . . . Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Acts 21:20 μυριάδες to thousands Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Hebrews 12:22 μυριάσιν to to myriads Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Jude 1:14 μυριάσιν to myriads Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Revelation 5:11 μυριάδες to myriads Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 5:11 μυριάδων to of myriads Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 9:16 μυριάδων to . . . Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 12:1
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Luke 1 Acts 2 Hebrews 1 Jude 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
μυριάδων 3x myriadōn Luke 12:1, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 9:16
μυριάδες 2x myriades Acts 21:20, Revelation 5:11
μυριάσιν 2x myriasin Hebrews 12:22, Jude 1:14
μυριάδας 1x myriadas Acts 19:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 3x Luke 12:1, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 9:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Hebrews 12:22, Jude 1:14
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x Acts 21:20, Revelation 5:11
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 19:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
Strong's G3461
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 4 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:1 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
μυριάδων muriadwn
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Acts 19:19 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
μυριάδας muriadav
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Acts 21:20 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
μυριάδες muriadev
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Hebrews 12:22 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
μυριάσιν muriasin
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Jude 1:14 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
μυριάσιν muriasin
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Revelation 5:11 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
μυριάδες muriadev
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Revelation 5:11 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
μυριάδων, muriadwn
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Revelation 9:16 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
μυριάδες muriadev
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verse Revelation 9:16 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
μυριάδων· muriadwn
a myriad, ten thousand
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Plural (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:20 · Rev 5:11 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 12:1 · Rev 5:11 · Rev 9:16 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 12:22 · Jude 1:14 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 19:19 1×
Word Origins
μυριάς is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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