What does χιλιάς (chiliás) mean in the Bible?
χιλιάς (chiliás) is a Greek word meaning "one thousand ("chiliad")".
Greek · G5505
χιλιάς
One thousand ("chiliad")
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χιλιάς G5505
Pronunciation chiliás
What does χιλιάς (chiliás) mean in the Bible?
χιλιάς (chiliás) is a Greek word meaning "one thousand ("chiliad")".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5505?
The BSB source-word alignment has 23 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (16), thousand (3), of thousands (1), thousand [men] (1), thousand [of them] (1).
Where does χιλιάς (chiliás) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (19), Luke (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Acts (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 . . . 16× Revelation 7:4, Revelation 7:5, Revelation 7:6, Revelation 7:7
thousand 3× Luke 14:31, Acts 4:4, Revelation 11:13
of thousands 1× Revelation 5:11
thousand [men] 1× Luke 14:31
thousand [of them] 1× 1 Corinthians 10:8
thousands 1× Revelation 5:11
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 14:31 χιλιάσιν to thousand [men] Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Luke 14:31 χιλιάδων to thousand Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Acts 4:4 χιλιάδες to thousand Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1 Corinthians 10:8 χιλιάδες to thousand [of them] Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 5:11 χιλιάδες to thousands Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 5:11 χιλιάδων to of thousands Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 7:4 χιλιάδες to . . . Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 7:5 χιλιάδες to . . . Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 7:5 χιλιάδες to . . . Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 7:5 χιλιάδες to . . . Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 14:31
Aligned rows 23
Books represented 4
Luke 2 Acts 1 1 Corinthians 1 Revelation 19
Source forms
χιλιάδες 19x chiliades Acts 4:4, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:4
χιλιάδων 3x chiliadōn Luke 14:31, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 21:16
χιλιάσιν 1x chiliasin Luke 14:31
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 19x Acts 4:4, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 3x Luke 14:31, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 21:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 14:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. one thousand ("chiliad")
Strong's G5505
Lexical occurrences 23 verses Greek text appearances 23 times 16 shown below Word forms 3 forms 23 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
one thousand ("chiliad")
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 23 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:31 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
χιλιάσιν ciliasin
a thousand
Read verse Luke 14:31 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
χιλιάδων ciliadwn
a thousand
Read verse Acts 4:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse 1 Corinthians 10:8 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες. ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 5:11 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 5:11 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
χιλιάδων, ciliadwn
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες, ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:5 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:5 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:5 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:6 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:6 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:6 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:7 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:7 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 7:7 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες ciliadev
a 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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 23 Case pattern Nominative (19) Number pattern Plural (23)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 4:4 · 1 Cor 10:8 · Rev 5:11 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 7:5 · Rev 7:6 · Rev 7:7 · Rev 7:8 · Rev 11:13 · Rev 14:1 · Rev 14:3 19×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 14:31 · Rev 5:11 · Rev 21:16 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 14:31 1×
Word Origins
χιλιάς 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