Mýrioi — G3463

Definition

adjective

ten thousand; by extension, innumerably many

1. innumerable, countless (A. V. ten thousand)
2. with the accent drawn back , μύριοι, μύριαι, μύρια, ten thousand

Usually translated as

ten thousand

Origin

plural of an apparently primary word (properly, meaning very many)

Occurrences

Mýrioi occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), 1 Corinthians (2)

• Matthew 18:24 — And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand (μυρίων) talents.
• 1 Corinthians 4:15 — For though ye have ten thousand (μυρίους) instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
• 1 Corinthians 14:19 — Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand (μυρίους) words in an unknown tongue.