Dictionary of Bible Themes The words "hundreds" and, especially, "thousands", often refer to large quantities in general; they are also used simply in a superlative sense. Matthew 13:23Hundreds A hundred in Jesus Christ's teaching See also Matthew 13:8pp Mk 4:20 Matthew 18:12pp Mk 4:8 pp Lk 8:8 Matthew 18:28Mark 10:30 pp Lk 15:4 Genesis 17:17; 21:5Romans 4:19 Abraham becomes a father at 100 Genesis 5:3-32; 9:29; 11:10-32; 25:7,17; 50:22Deuteronomy 34:7 People who lived to over 100 Judges 2:82 Chronicles 24:15 Job 42:16 Isaiah 65:20 Exodus 18:21 Hundreds and thousands Numbers 31:14Hundreds and thousands as military units 1 Samuel 22:72 Samuel 18:1 1 Chronicles 13:1; 27:1; 28:1 2 Chronicles 25:5 Deuteronomy 1:11 See also Hundreds and thousands in blessings Genesis 24:602 Samuel 24:3 Psalms 144:13 pp 1Ch 21:3 Matthew 14:21Thousands Jesus Christ feeds thousands pp Mk 6:44 Matthew 15:38pp Lk 9:14 pp Jn 6:10 Matthew 16:9-10pp Mk 8:9 Acts 21:20pp Mk 8:19-20 See also Believers numbered in thousands Acts 2:41; 4:4Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18 Exodus 34:6-7 See also God shows his love to thousands Exodus 20:6Deuteronomy 7:9 pp Dt 5:10 Revelation 5:11See also God has thousands of attendants Psalms 68:17Daniel 7:10 Hebrews 12:22 Jude 1:14 Psalms 91:7 God protects one believer amidst thousands of people See also Joshua 23:10God helps one believer against a thousand Judges 15:15-16Deuteronomy 32:30 Isaiah 30:17 God allows thousands to be defeated Psalms 90:4A thousand years 2 Peter 3:8As a day to the Lord: Revelation 20:2-7the reign of Jesus Christ with believers for 1,000 years while Satan is restrained Revelation 13:18Special numbers Revelation 7:4666 is a symbol of total incompleteness 144,000 symbolises the perfect number of God's people. Genesis 16:10God's people are without number See also Numbers 10:36Revelation 7:9 Genesis 22:17 See also God's people are compared to stars and sand Genesis 15:5Exodus 32:13 Deuteronomy 10:22 1 Chronicles 27:23 Nehemiah 9:23 Jeremiah 33:22 Hebrews 11:12 See also 1085 God, love of1335 blessing 2351 Christ, miracles 2363 Christ, preaching & teaching 4110 angels 5208 armies 5467 promises, divine 7105 believers 7140 people of God 9155 millennium |
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