What does χίλιοι (chílioi) mean in the Bible?
χίλιοι (chílioi) is a Greek word meaning "a thousand".
Greek · G5507
χίλιοι
A thousand
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χίλιοιG5507
Pronunciationchílioi
What does χίλιοι (chílioi) mean in the Bible?
χίλιοι (chílioi) is a Greek word meaning "a thousand".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5507?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include thousand (4), a thousand (2), for 1,260 (2), for a thousand (2), 1,600 {} (1).
Where does χίλιοι (chílioi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Peter 3:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (9), 2 Peter (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itthousand4×Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:5, Revelation 20:6, Revelation 20:7
a thousand2×2 Peter 3:8
for 1,2602×Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
for a thousand2×Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:4
1,600 {}1×Revelation 14:20
Show sample aligned rows
2 Peter 3:8χίλιαtoa thousandAdjective - Nominative Neuter Plural2 Peter 3:8χίλιαtoa thousandAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralRevelation 11:3χιλίαςtofor 1,260Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluralRevelation 12:6χιλίαςtofor 1,260Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluralRevelation 14:20χιλίωνto1,600 {}Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralRevelation 20:2χίλιαtofor a thousandAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralRevelation 20:3χίλιαtothousandAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralRevelation 20:4χίλιαtofor a thousandAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralRevelation 20:5χίλιαtothousandAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralRevelation 20:6χίλιαtothousandAdjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Peter 3:8
Aligned rows11
Books represented2
2 Peter2Revelation9
Source forms
χίλια8xchilia2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:4
χιλίας2xchiliasRevelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
χιλίων1xchiliōnRevelation 14:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural5x2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:5, Revelation 20:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural3xRevelation 20:2, Revelation 20:4, Revelation 20:6
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural2xRevelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1xRevelation 14:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a thousand
Strong'sG5507
Lexical occurrences11 versesGreek text appearances11 timesWord forms4 forms11 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a thousand
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Peter 3:8Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verse2 Peter 3:8Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 11:3Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χιλίαςciliav
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 12:6Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χιλίαςciliav
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 14:20Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
χιλίωνciliwn
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:2Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:3Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:4Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:5Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:6Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
a thousand
Read verseRevelation 20:7Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλιαcilia
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 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 patterns4Aligned forms11Case patternAccusative (5)Number patternPlural (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter2 Pet 3:8 · Rev 20:3 · Rev 20:5 · Rev 20:75×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineRev 14:201×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterRev 20:2 · Rev 20:4 · Rev 20:63×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineRev 11:3 · Rev 12:62×
Word Origins
χίλιοι is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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