UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: δισμυριάς; -άδος

Constructions: δισμυριάς; δύο; μυρίος

Sense 1: countless, incalculable, great number of

Semantic entry: 60.9

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Number, Countless

Definition: an indefinitely large number (even greater than μυριάς [source selector 000001][b], 60.8: μυριάς)

Notes: Though it is possible to understand δισμυριάδες μυριάδων in RV REV 9:16 · LV REV 9:16 · Read together REV 9:16 as meaning ‘two hundred million’ (literally ‘twenty thousand times ten thousand’), the evident intent of the text is to emphasize the extreme number rather than to specify some large quantity.

REV 9:16: RV REV 9:16 · LV REV 9:16 · Read together REV 9:16

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OET-RV REV 9:16

16 I heard someone say how many mounted soldiers there were—there were 200 million of them,

OET-LV REV 9:16

16 And the number of _the armies of _the horsemen were two ten _thousand of _ten _thousand, I _heard the number of _them.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δισμυριάς

Form 1

Sense 1: countless, incalculable, great number of