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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χίλιοι G5507
Pronunciation chílioi
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 It thousand 4× Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:5, Revelation 20:6, Revelation 20:7
a thousand 2× 2 Peter 3:8
for 1,260 2× Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
for a thousand 2× Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:4
1,600 {} 1× Revelation 14:20
Show sample aligned rows
2 Peter 3:8 χίλια to a thousand Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 2 Peter 3:8 χίλια to a thousand Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 11:3 χιλίας to for 1,260 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 12:6 χιλίας to for 1,260 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 14:20 χιλίων to 1,600 {} Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Revelation 20:2 χίλια to for a thousand Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Revelation 20:3 χίλια to thousand Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 20:4 χίλια to for a thousand Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Revelation 20:5 χίλια to thousand Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 20:6 χίλια to thousand Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Peter 3:8
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 2
2 Peter 2 Revelation 9
Source forms
χίλια 8x chilia 2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:4
χιλίας 2x chilias Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
χιλίων 1x chiliōn Revelation 14:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 5x 2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:5, Revelation 20:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 3x Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:4, Revelation 20:6
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 14:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a thousand
Strong's G5507
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a thousand
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 3:8 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse 2 Peter 3:8 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 11:3 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χιλίας ciliav
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 12:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χιλίας ciliav
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 14:20 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
χιλίων ciliwn
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:2 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:3 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:5 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
a thousand
Read verse Revelation 20:7 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χίλια cilia
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Plural (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Pet 3:8 · Rev 20:3 · Rev 20:5 · Rev 20:7 5×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rev 14:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 20:2 · Rev 20:4 · Rev 20:6 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 11:3 · Rev 12:6 2×
Word Origins
χίλιοι is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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