Greek adjective · G3463
μύριοι
myrioimoo'-ree-oi
numberless, countless, infinite; As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mýrioi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3463is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3463
ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many
The King James renders it: ten thousand.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
myrioi is rendered "numberless, countless, infinite; As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "numberless, countless, infinite".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
Matthew 18:24μυρίων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: numberless, countless, infinite, and As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -α.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| numberless, countless, infinite1Co.4:15 14:19. | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers… |
| As a definite numeral, in pl., μύριοι, -αι, -αten thousand | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μυρίους2
- μυρίων1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural2A-APM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1A-GPN
Matthew
one use
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
- μυρίωνmurionadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: of ten thousand
1 Corinthians
two uses
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- μυρίουςmuriousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: ten thousand
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- μυρίουςmuriousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: ten thousand
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.