Used either as a literal number in the OT (2 Kgs. 19: 35) or to express a long time (Ps. 90: 4) or a military unit (1 Sam. 8: 12). In the NT large numbers are reckoned in thousands (Mark 6: 44; Acts 2: 41; Rev. 21: 16, NRSV marg., NJB).
Citation for thousand
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"thousand." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 20, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1906>.
Chicago
"thousand." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1906 (accessed May 20, 2013).