What does μύριοι (mýrioi) mean in the Bible?
μύριοι (mýrioi): Literally ten thousand, but often used hyperbolically to mean innumerably many or countless.
Greek · G3463
μύριοι
μύριοι (mýrioi): Literally ten thousand, but often used hyperbolically to mean innumerably many or countless.
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μύριοιG3463
Pronunciationmýrioi
What does μύριοι (mýrioi) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G3463?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ten thousand (2), owing ten thousand (1).
Where does μύριοι (mýrioi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:24. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Matthew (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 Itten thousand2×1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 14:19
owing ten thousand1×Matthew 18:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 18:24
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew11 Corinthians2
Source forms
μυρίους2xmyrious1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 14:19
μυρίων1xmyriōnMatthew 18:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural2x1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 14:19
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural1xMatthew 18:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Literally ten thousand, but often used hyperbolically to mean innumerably many or countless.
Strong'sG3463
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:24Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
μυρίωνmuriwn
ten thousand, innumerable
Read verse1 Corinthians 4:15Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μυρίουςmuriouv
ten thousand, innumerable
Read verse1 Corinthians 14:19Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μυρίουςmuriouv
ten thousand, innumerable
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 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · NeuterMatt 18:241×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 4:15 · 1 Cor 14:192×
Word Origins
μύριοι is a primary word - no further derivation.
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