Strong G3793ὄχλος

crowd

Transliteration: ochlos
Pronunciation: okh'-los
Morphology: Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From a derivative of G2192 (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication the rabble; by extension a class of people; figuratively a riot: - company multitude number (of people) people press.

Detailed definition

ὄχλος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for הָמוֹן (chiefly in Da TH), קָהָל,חַיִל, etc.;]

1. a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng: Mat.9:23, Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:1, Jhn.5:13, al.; pl., Mat.5:1, Mrk.10:1, Luk.3:7, and freq.; ὄ. ἱκανός, Mrk.10:46, al.; τοσοῦτος, Mat.15:33; οὐ μετ᾽ ὄχλου, Act.24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, Luk.22:6; πᾶς ὁ ὄ., Mat.13:2, Mrk.2:13, al.; ὄ. πολύς, Mat.20:29, Mrk.5:21, al.; ὁ πολὺς ὄ. (ὄ. π.), the populace, the common people, Mrk.12:37 (Swete, in l.; Field, Notes, 37), Jhn.12:9 (Westc, in l.).

2. (As also cl., opposite to δῆμος, which see, and cf. Tr., Syn., §xcviii), the populace, the common people (cf. ὁ πολὺς ὄ., supr.), Mat.14:5 21:26, Mrk.12:12, Jhn.7:12b; so with contempt (cl.), Jhn.7:49. In a more general sense, a multitude: with genitive, ὀνομάτων (see: ὀ.), Act.1:15; μαθητῶν, Luk.6:17, al.
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In the Bible

Strong G3793 appears in 170 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

people82
multitude75
a9
company7
press5
the2
number1

First verses

Matthew 4:25
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew 5:1
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Matthew 7:28
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Matthew 8:1
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
Matthew 9:8
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
Matthew 9:25
But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
Matthew 9:33
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
Matthew 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 11:7
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Matthew 12:15
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Matthew 12:23
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Matthew 12:46
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew 14:13
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew 14:14
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

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ὄχλος, ὁ,
crowd, throng, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.85, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 42 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; ἐσὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 108, compare “Heracl.” 44)]; ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the mass of the soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.26, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.64, 7.62; μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν [prev. author] 2.88)]; ὄχλῳ in numbers (for an army), [Refs ([prev. author] 1.80; ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. [prev. author] 3.109, compare 4.56)]; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ. undisciplined masses like these,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 126; ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.7.1)]; of the camp-followers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.26, 4.3.26, etc.)]
2 in political sense, populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (people), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 304d; πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν [prev. author] “Ax.” 368d; οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21)]; δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455a, compare “Euthd.” 290a: proverbial, δι᾽ ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε)] this is already in the mouths of the people, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 10, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.13.1, 4.9.2.)]
3 generally, mass, multitude, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 827; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.192)]; ἵππων ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 191 (Lyric poetry); ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ. 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 19.5 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; σαρκῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75e)]: in plural, the masses, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 24.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 161.1, 466.4; πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395b28.)]
II annoyance, trouble, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 635, etc.)]; ὄχλον παρέχειν to give trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 337, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84d)]; δι᾽ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become troublesome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 888, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.103a; μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.214; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο [prev. author] 19.24.)]