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χίλιοι
chílioi · Greek · Strong's G5507 · 11 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “thousand”
What it means
a thousand
plural of uncertain affinity;
How the KJV renders it
thousand
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Answers that weigh this word
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Are the dead conscious, or do they sleep until the resurrection?
- What happens to a person immediately after death?
- What is the second death in Revelation?
- When does the resurrection happen, and who is raised?
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Greek text, first 10 verses shown.
2 Peter 3:8 · A-NPN
But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 11:3 · A-APF
I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Revelation 12:6 · A-APF
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
Revelation 14:20 · A-GPN
The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
Revelation 20:2 · A-APN
He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
Revelation 20:3 · A-NPN
and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
Revelation 20:4 A-APNRevelation 20:5 A-NPNRevelation 20:6 A-APNRevelation 20:7 A-NPN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.