Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
myrios
Simplified transliteration
myrios
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Gloss
pertaining to the number ten thousand; a practically uncountable number
Definition
innumerable, 1 Cor. 4:15; 14:19*
Greek-English Concordance for μυρίος
| Matthew 18:24 |
And when he had begun to settle them, a man who owed ten (myriōn | μυρίων | gen pl neut) thousand (myriōn | μυρίων | gen pl neut) talents was brought to him. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:15 |
For though you have innumerable (myrious | μυρίους | acc pl masc) guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:19 |
however, in church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand (myrious | μυρίους | acc pl masc) words in a tongue. |