1. thousand, thousands — The cardinal number one thousand or a group of one thousand, used as a numerical unit for counting large groups; especially in Revelation for the 144,000 sealed (Rev 7:4-8, 14:1, 14:3), the thousand-year reign (Rev 20:2-7), armies of thousands (Rev 5:11 'thousands of thousands'), and various enumerations of multitudes (Luke 14:31, Acts 4:4, 1 Cor 10:8, Jude 1:14). Singular, plural, and genitive forms are purely inflectional. Spanish 'mil/miles/millares', Arabic 'ألف/آلَاف', Korean '천(들)', Swahili 'elfu/maelfu', Hindi 'हज़ार/हज़ारों'. 23×
AR["آلَافٍ","ألفًا","أَلفًا","أَلْفٍ","أَلْفَ","سَبعَةُ-آلافٍ"]·ben["হাজার","হাজার,","হাজার;","হাজার।","হাজারের"]·DE["Tausende","tausend"]·EN["thousand","thousands"]·FR["Tausende","mille","millier"]·heb["אֲלָפִים","אֶלֶף","אַלְפֵי"]·HI["हज़ार","हज़ार,","हज़ार;"]·ID["ribu","ribu,","ribu;","ribuan"]·IT["mille"]·jav["ewu","èwu","èwunan","èwunan.","éwon"]·KO["천","천명이","천으로","천의"]·PT["mil","mil.","milhares"]·RU["тысяч","тысяч;","тысячами","тысячи,","тысячи."]·ES["mil","mil.","miles","millares"]·SW["elfu","elfu,","elfu.","elfu;","ishirini","kumi"]·TR["bin","binle"]·urd["ہزار"]
Luke 14:31, Luke 14:31, Acts 4:4, 1 Cor 10:8, Rev 5:11, Rev 5:11, Rev 7:4, Rev 7:5, Rev 7:5, Rev 7:5, Rev 7:6, Rev 7:6 (+11 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
χῑλι-άς, άδος, ἡ: genitive plural χιλιάδων Refs 5th c.BC+:—a thousand, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 generally, large number, Refs 3rd c.BC+; πολλαὶ χ., of lines of poetry, Refs __3 Χιλιάδες, αἱ, title of poem by Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II ={χιλιετηρίς}, Refs; Ῥωμαϊκὴ χ., title of work by Asinius Quadratus, Refs 5th c.AD+