UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: μυριάς; -άδος

Related lemmas: μυρίος

Sense 1: ten thousand

Semantic entry: 60.45

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]

Definition: cardinal number, where there are ten thousand instances of a countable entity

ACT 19:19: RV ACT 19:19 · LV ACT 19:19 · Read together ACT 19:19

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OET-RV ACT 19:19

19 Lots of the people who’d practiced magic brought their scrolls and burnt them in front of the others. When the values of all of these were added up, it was huge—worth around 50,000 silver coins.

OET-LV ACT 19:19

19 And many of _the ones having _practiced the magical, having _brought _together their scrolls, they _were _burning _up them before all.
And they _counted _up the prices of _them, and they _found five ten _thousand of _silver.

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.

Sense 2: countless, innumerable, many many

Semantic entry: 60.8

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Number, Countless

Definition: a very large indefinite number

LUK 12:1: RV LUK 12:1 · LV LUK 12:1 · Read together LUK 12:1

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OET-RV LUK 12:1

12 By then the crowd had grown to many thousands, so much so that they were trampling on each other. Meanwhile Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told his followers, “Make sure that you’re not influenced by the hypocrisy of the Farisaios party—it spreads around like yeast in bread dough.

OET-LV LUK 12:1

12 In which things the tens _of _thousands of _the crowd, having _been _gathered _together, so _as to _be _trampling one _another, he _began to _be _saying to the apprentices/followers of _him first:
Be _taking _heed to _yourselves of the leaven, of _the Farisaios_party, which is hypocrisy.

ACT 21:20: RV ACT 21:20 · LV ACT 21:20 · Read together ACT 21:20

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OET-RV ACT 21:20

20 and when they’d heard all that they praised God and told Paulos, “Brother, you’ve noticed how many thousands of Yehudim (Jews) have believed in the messiah but they still strive to observe Mosheh’s (Moses) laws.

OET-LV ACT 21:20

20 And they having _heard were _glorifying the god, and they _said to _him:
You _are _observing, brother, how _many tens _of _thousands are among the Youdaiōns which having _believed, and they _are_ all _being zealous for _the law.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 12:1 · LV LUK 12:1 · Read together LUK 12:1

ACT: RV ACT 21:20 · LV ACT 21:20 · Read together ACT 21:20

HEB: RV HEB 12:22 · LV HEB 12:22 · Read together HEB 12:22

JDE: RV JDE 1:14 · LV JDE 1:14 · Read together JDE 1:14

REV: RV REV 5:11 · LV REV 5:11 · Read together REV 5:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μυριάς

Form 1

Sense 1: ten thousand

Sense 2: countless, innumerable, many many