What does μύριοι · τάλαντον mean in the Bible?
μύριοι · τάλαντον is a Greek phrase meaning "ten thousand talents, immeasurable debt".
Greek · G3463, G5007
μυρίων ταλάντων
Ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many · talent
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μύριοι G3463 ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many
Pronunciation mýrioi
Literally ten thousand, but often used hyperbolically to mean innumerably many or countless.
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τάλαντον G5007 talent
Pronunciation tálanton
Large monetary unit representing the highest denomination of currency in NT financial contexts.
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What does μυρίων ταλάντων (myriōn talantōn) mean in the Bible?
μύριοι · τάλαντον is a Greek phrase meaning "ten thousand talents, immeasurable debt".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3463, G5007?
G3463, G5007 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ten thousand talents, immeasurable debt
Source Gloss
ten thousand talents, immeasurable debt
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:24 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 4:15 · 1 Cor 14:19 2×
Word Origins
μυρίων ταλάντων is a primary word - no further derivation.
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