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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χιλιάςG5505
Pronunciationchiliás
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
thousand3×Luke 14:31, Acts 4:4, Revelation 11:13
of thousands1×Revelation 5:11
thousand [men]1×Luke 14:31
thousand [of them]1×1 Corinthians 10:8
thousands1×Revelation 5:11
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 14:31χιλιάσινtothousand [men]Noun - Dative Feminine PluralLuke 14:31χιλιάδωνtothousandNoun - Genitive Feminine PluralActs 4:4χιλιάδεςtothousandNoun - Nominative Feminine Plural1 Corinthians 10:8χιλιάδεςtothousand [of them]Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralRevelation 5:11χιλιάδεςtothousandsNoun - Nominative Feminine PluralRevelation 5:11χιλιάδωνtoof thousandsNoun - Genitive Feminine PluralRevelation 7:4χιλιάδεςto. . .Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralRevelation 7:5χιλιάδεςto. . .Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralRevelation 7:5χιλιάδεςto. . .Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralRevelation 7:5χιλιάδεςto. . .Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 14:31
Aligned rows23
Books represented4
Luke2Acts11 Corinthians1Revelation19
Source forms
χιλιάδες19xchiliadesActs 4:4, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:4
χιλιάδων3xchiliadōnLuke 14:31, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 21:16
χιλιάσιν1xchiliasinLuke 14:31
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural19xActs 4:4, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural3xLuke 14:31, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 21:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1xLuke 14:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. one thousand ("chiliad")
Strong'sG5505
Lexical occurrences23 versesGreek text appearances23 times16 shown belowWord forms3 forms23 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
one thousand ("chiliad")
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 14:31Noun Dative Plural Feminine
χιλιάσινciliasin
a thousand
Read verseLuke 14:31Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
χιλιάδωνciliadwn
a thousand
Read verseActs 4:4Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verse1 Corinthians 10:8Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες.ciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 5:11Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 5:11Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
χιλιάδων,ciliadwn
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:4Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδες,ciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:5Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:5Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:5Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:6Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:6Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:6Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:7Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:7Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 7:7Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
χιλιάδεςciliadev
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 patterns3Aligned forms23Case patternNominative (19)Number patternPlural (23)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · FeminineActs 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 14:319×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineLuke 14:31 · Rev 5:11 · Rev 21:163×
Dative · Plural · FeminineLuke 14:311×
Word Origins
χιλιάς is built from this root:
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