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μῡρῐ-άς G3461
N-DFP  |  9× in 1 sense
Myriad, ten thousand; a vast number often used hyperbolically for an innumerable multitude or host.
Literally ten thousand, but in common usage a term for any incalculably large number. The NT uses it both in approximate counting -- Judas's debt of 'ten thousand talents' (Matt 18:24) and the 'fifty thousand pieces of silver' worth of magic books burned at Ephesus (Acts 19:19) -- and for truly innumerable hosts, as when Hebrews 12:22 describes 'myriads of angels' in the heavenly assembly. Jude 1:14 quotes Enoch's prophecy that the Lord comes 'with ten thousands of his holy ones.' Spanish 'miriadas' and French 'myriades' both preserve the Greek loanword directly.

Senses
1. myriad, ten thousand, innumerable multitude A very large quantity, literally ten thousand but frequently used for an uncountable multitude. The multilingual evidence shows universal borrowing of the Greek term: Spanish 'miriadas,' French 'myriades,' German 'Myriaden.' In Luke 12:1 it describes the crushing press of a crowd ('myriads' of people trampling one another); Acts 21:20 tallies 'myriads' of believing Jews; Heb 12:22 envisions 'myriads of angels' in festal gathering. The word bridges precise enumeration (Acts 19:19, where the sum of burned books is calculated) and sublime hyperbole (Jude 1:14, where the Lord arrives with innumerable holy ones).
QUANTITY_NUMBER Number Thousands and Myriads
amh["እልፎች"]·AR["آلَافٍ", "ربوات", "رَبَوَات", "رِبواتٍ", "رِبواتُ", "رِبْوَاتٍ", "رِبْوَاتُ"]·ben["(অযুত)", "অগণিত", "অযুত", "অযুতের,", "অযুতের;", "হাজার", "হাজার-হাজারের"]·ces["myriádami"]·dan["titusinder"]·DE["Myriade", "Myriaden", "Unzaehlige"]·ell["μυριάσιν"]·EN["(myriads)", "myriads", "of-myriads", "to-myriads"]·FR["myriade", "myriades"]·guj["હજારોમાં"]·hat["dimil"]·hau["dubbai"]·heb["רְבָבוֹת", "רִבְבוֹת", "רִבּוֹא", "רִבּוֹאוֹת", "רבבות"]·HI["करोड़ों", "लाखों", "लाखों-की,", "सिक्के", "हज़ारों"]·hun["tízezreiben"]·ID["(kali)", "puluhan-ribu", "puluhan-ribu,", "ribu-ribu;", "ribuan"]·IT["diecimila", "miriadi", "muriadon"]·jav["ewon-ewon", "limang-èwu", "puluhan-ewu", "puluhan-èwu", "puluhan-èwunan", "tiyang-atusan-ewu", "yuta"]·JA["万の数"]·KO["(만)", "만들-의", "만들-이고", "만이", "만이니", "무수한", "수만의"]·mar["अयुतांत"]·mya["သောင်းနှင့်ချီသော"]·nld["tienduizenden"]·nor["titusener"]·pnb["ہزاراں"]·pol["myriadach"]·PT["(miríades)", "de-miríades", "miríades"]·ron["zeci-de-mii"]·RU["(мириады)", "мириад", "мириад,", "мириад;", "мириадам", "мириады", "тысяч", "тьмами"]·ES["a-miríadas", "de-miríadas", "miríadas"]·SW["(milioni)", "elfu-hamsini", "maelfu", "maelfu-kwa-maelfu", "makumi-elfu", "mamilioni", "milioni;", "ya-mamilioni,"]·swe["tiotusentals"]·tam["பதினாயிரங்களுடன்"]·tel["వేలకొలది"]·tgl["sampung-libo"]·TH["หมื่นๆ"]·TR["(milyon)", "binlercesi", "milyon", "on-binler", "on-binlerce", "on-binlercesine", "on-binlercesiyle", "on-binlerin"]·ukr["мир'ядами"]·urd["بار", "دس-ہزار", "لاکھوں", "لاکھوں-کے", "کروڑ", "ہزاروں"]·VI["muôn-vàn"]·yor["ẹgbẹ̀rún-lọ́nà-ẹgbẹ̀rún"]·yue["萬萬"]·ZH["万万"]

Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
μῡρῐ-άς, δος, , Attic dialect genitive plural μυριαδῶν Refs 2nd c.AD+:—number of Refsmyriad, Refs 5th c.BC+ times Refs 3rd c.AD+: frequently of countless numbers, Refs 5th c.BC+; of money (i.e. δραχμῶν), Refs 5th c.BC+; of corn (i.e. μεδίμνων), Refs 5th c.BC+; also (i.e. ἀρταβῶν), Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II as adjective, φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν Refs 5th c.BC+