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G3461 · Greek · New Testament
μυριάς
Murias
Noun, feminine
Myriad, ten thousand, innumerable multitude

Definition

The Greek noun murias means ten thousand or a myriad — and by extension, an innumerable, uncountably large number. It is used literally of 10,000 talents in the parable of the unforgiving servant, and symbolically in Revelation for the vast multitudes in the heavenly throne room.

Usage & Theological Significance

Murias captures the immensity of both debt and praise. In Matthew 18:24, the servant owed 10,000 talents — an astronomical, unpayable sum — representing the immensity of human sin-debt before God. In Hebrews 12:22 and Revelation 5:11, the muriades muriadon ('myriads of myriads') of angels and the redeemed praise the Lamb. The contrast is stunning: the debt that no human could pay was canceled by Christ, freeing those debtors to join the infinite chorus of praise.

Key Bible Verses

Revelation 5:11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.
Matthew 18:24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly.
Jude 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: 'See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones.'
Acts 21:20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: 'You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed.'

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