πλῆθος plēthos · G4128

multitude

πλῆθος, -ους, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc. ; ] ; 1. a great number, a multitude; (a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12; (b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4 ; 2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace) : Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π., Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πλῆθος, εος, τό, ; Doric dialect and [] πλῆθος []; Boeotian dialect πλεῖθος []; pseudo-Doric dialect and pseudo-Aeolic dialect πλᾶθος [] see at {πίμπλημι}):—great number, multitude, especially of people, []; στρατοῦ π., periphrastic for στρατὸς πολύς, []; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, []; 2 τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ []; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of.., []: as Noun of Multitude with plural Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται []; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν …

Where it's used 32 times

Mark 3:7 · Mark 3:8 · Luke 1:10 · Luke 2:13 · Luke 5:6 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 8:37 · Luke 19:37 · Luke 23:1 · Luke 23:27 · John 5:3 · John 21:6 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 4:32 · Acts 5:14 · Acts 5:16 · Acts 6:2 · Acts 6:5 · Acts 14:1 · Acts 14:4 · Acts 15:12 · Acts 15:30 · Acts 17:4 · Acts 19:9 · Acts 21:22 · Acts 21:36 · Acts 23:7 · Acts 25:24 · Acts 28:3 · Hebrews 11:12 · James 5:20 · 1 Peter 4:8

Source: TBESG G4128; TFLSJ G4128

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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