μύριοιmýrioi
ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many
Greek (New Testament) · G3463
Meanings
1. numberless, countless, infinite: 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 14:19.
2. As a definite numeral, in plural, μύριοι, -αι, -α, ten thousand: Matthew 18:24.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 18:24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:19 But in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.