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It conveys the idea of an innumerable or vast multitude, emphasizing the enormity or abundance of something.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, "murias" was commonly used to represent the largest numerical value in everyday language, similar to how "million" is used in modern English. It was often employed to express hyperbole or to describe an overwhelming quantity. In the context of the New Testament, it reflects the grandeur and vastness of God's creation, the multitude of angels, or the number of believers.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3461</b> <i>myriás</i> (from <a href="/greek/3463.htm">3463</a> <i>/mýrioi</i>, "myriad") – an indefinitely large number, but <i>strictly</i> means "10,000"; (figuratively) a number <i>too large to count</i> (<i>reckon</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3463.htm">murios</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>ten thousand, a myriad<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fifty* (1), many thousands (2), myriads (3), thousand (1), thousands (1), two hundred million* (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3461: μυριάς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μυριάς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μυριαδος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">μυρίος</span>) (from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down), the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">רְבָבָה</span> and <span class="hebrew">רִבּו</span>; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> <span class="accented">ten thousand</span>: <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-19.htm">Acts 19:19</a> (on which passage see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀργύριον</span></span>, 3 at the end). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> plural with the genitive equivalent to <span class="accented">an innumerable multitude, an unlimited number</span> ((like our <span class="accented">myriads</span>), the Latin<span class="latin">sexcenti</span>, German <span class="foreign">Tausend</span>): <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-1.htm">Luke 12:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-20.htm">Acts 21:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-11.htm">Revelation 5:11</a> (not <span class="manuref">Rec.<span class="lexsuper">st</span></span>); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 9:16> (here <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="greek2">δισμυριάδες</span>, which see); used simply, of <span class="accented">innumerable hosts</span> of angels: <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-22.htm">Hebrews 12:22</a> (here <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> put a comma after <span class="greek2">μυριάσιν</span>); <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-14.htm">Jude 1:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/33-2.htm">Deuteronomy 33:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/daniel/7-10.htm">Daniel 7:10</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>double myriad, ten thousand. <p>From <a href="/greek/3463.htm">murioi</a>; a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number -- ten thousand. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3463.htm">murioi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μυριαδας μυριάδας μυρίαδας μυριαδες μυριάδες μυριαδων μυριάδων μυριάς μυρίας μυριάσι μυριασιν μυριάσιν μυρίασιν muriadas muriades muriadon muriadōn muriasin myriadas myriádas myriades myriádes myriadon myriadōn myriádon myriádōn myriasin myriásin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/12-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπισυναχθεισῶν τῶν <b>μυριάδων</b> τοῦ ὄχλου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> circumstances, <span class="itali">after so many thousands</span> of people<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when there were gathered together <span class="itali">an innumerable multitude</span> of people,<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having been gathered together the <span class="itali">myriads</span> of the crowd<p><b><a href="/text/acts/19-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 19:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὗρον ἀργυρίου <b>μυριάδας</b> πέντε </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of them and found <span class="itali">it fifty</span> thousand<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [it] fifty <span class="itali">thousand</span> [pieces] of silver.<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> found [it] of silver <span class="itali">myriads</span> five<p><b><a href="/text/acts/21-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 21:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀδελφέ πόσαι <b>μυριάδες</b> εἰσὶν ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> how many <span class="itali">thousands</span> there are among<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> how many <span class="itali">thousands</span> of Jews<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/21-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> brother how many <span class="itali">myriads</span> they are among<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural">Adj-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπουρανίῳ καὶ <b>μυριάσιν</b> ἀγγέλων </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Jerusalem, <span class="itali">and to myriads</span> of angels,<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">to an innumerable company</span> of angels,<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> heavenly and <span class="itali">to myriads</span> of angels<p><b><a href="/text/jude/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jude 1:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural">Adj-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/jude/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ἁγίαις <b>μυριάσιν</b> αὐτοῦ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jude/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> came <span class="itali">with many thousands</span> of His holy ones,<br><a href="/kjvs/jude/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with <span class="itali">ten thousands</span> of his<br><a href="/interlinear/jude/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> amidst holy <span class="itali">myriads</span> his<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν <b>μυριάδες</b> μυριάδων καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the number <span class="itali">of them was myriads</span> of myriads,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was <span class="itali">ten thousand</span> times ten thousand,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> number of them <span class="itali">ten thousands</span> of ten thousands and<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῶν μυριάδες <b>μυριάδων</b> καὶ χιλιάδες</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of them was myriads <span class="itali">of myriads,</span> and thousands<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ten thousand <span class="itali">times ten thousand,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of them ten thousands <span class="itali">of ten thousands</span> and thousand<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural">Adj-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἱππικοῦ δὶς <b>μυριάδες</b> μυριάδων ἤκουσα</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thousand <span class="itali">thousand:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cavalry [was] twice <span class="itali">ten thousand</span> ten thousands I heard<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὶς μυριάδες <b>μυριάδων</b> ἤκουσα τὸν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [were] two hundred <span class="itali">thousand</span> thousand:<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> twice ten thousand <span class="itali">ten thousands</span> I heard the<p><b><a href="/greek/3461.htm">Strong's Greek 3461</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3461.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/muriadas_3461.htm">μυριάδας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/muriades_3461.htm">μυριάδες — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/muriado_n_3461.htm">μυριάδων — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/muriasin_3461.htm">μυριάσιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3460.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3460"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3460" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3462.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3462"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3462" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>