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ὄχλος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine175 occurrences6 books170 verses

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: Matthew 9:23, Mark 2:4, Luke 5:1, John 5:13, al.; pl., Matthew 5:1, Mark 10:1, Luke 3:7, and freq.; ὄ. ἱκανός, Mark 10:46, al.; τοσοῦτος, Matthew 15:33; οὐ μετ᾽ ὄχλου, Acts 24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, Luke 22:6; πᾶς ὁ ὄ., Matthew 13:2, Mark 2:13, al.; ὄ. πολύς, Matthew 20:29, Mark 5:21, al.; ὁ πολὺς ὄ. (ὄ. π.), the populace, the common people, Mark 12:37 (Swete, in l.; Field, Notes, 37), John 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.), Matthew 14:5; 21:26, Mark 12:12, John 7:12b; so with contempt (cl.), John 7:49. In a more general sense, a multitude: with genitive, ὀνομάτων (see: ὀ.), Acts 1:15; μαθητῶν, Luke 6:17, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὄχλος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

175 total
  1. Luke 7:12ὄχλος · crowd
    As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
  2. Luke 7:24ὄχλους · crowds
    After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
  3. Luke 8:4ὄχλου · crowd
    While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
  4. Luke 8:19ὄχλον · crowd
    Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
  5. Luke 8:40ὄχλος · crowd
    When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
  6. Luke 8:42ὄχλοι · crowds
    …because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
  7. Luke 8:45ὄχλοι · people
    “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
  8. Luke 9:11ὄχλοι · crowds
    But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
  9. Luke 9:12ὄχλον · crowd
    As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”
  10. Luke 9:16ὄχλῳ · people
    Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
  11. Luke 9:18ὄχλοι · crowds
    One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
  12. Luke 9:37ὄχλος · crowd
    The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
  13. Luke 9:38ὄχλου · crowd
    Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
  14. Luke 11:14ὄχλοι · crowds
    One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
  15. Luke 11:27ὄχλου · crowd
    As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
  16. Luke 11:29ὄχλων · crowds
    As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
  17. Luke 12:1ὄχλου · a crowd
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  18. Luke 12:13ὄχλου · crowd
    Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
  19. Luke 12:54ὄχλοις · crowds
    Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
  20. Luke 13:14ὄχλῳ · crowd
    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
  21. Luke 13:17ὄχλος · crowd
    When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
  22. Luke 14:25ὄχλοι · crowds
    Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
  23. Luke 18:36ὄχλου · the crowd
    When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
  24. Luke 19:3ὄχλου · crowd
    He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
  25. Luke 19:39ὄχλου · crowd
    But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
  26. Luke 22:6ὄχλου · [a] crowd
    Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.
  27. Luke 22:47ὄχλος · a crowd
    While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
  28. Luke 23:4ὄχλους · crowds
    Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
  29. Luke 23:48ὄχλοι · people
    And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
  30. John 5:13ὄχλου · [while the] crowd
    But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
  31. John 6:2ὄχλος · crowd
    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
  32. John 6:5ὄχλος · crowd
    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
  33. John 6:22ὄχλος · crowd
    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
  34. John 6:24ὄχλος · crowd
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  35. John 7:12ὄχλοις · crowds; ὄχλον · people
    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
  36. John 7:20ὄχλος · crowd
    “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
  37. John 7:31ὄχλου · crowd
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  38. John 7:32ὄχλου · crowd
    When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
  39. John 7:40ὄχλου · people
    On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
  40. John 7:43ὄχλῳ · crowd
    So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
  41. John 7:49ὄχλος · crowd
    But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”
  42. John 11:42ὄχλον · people
    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
  43. John 12:9ὄχλος · crowd
    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  44. John 12:12ὄχλος · crowd
    The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
  45. John 12:17ὄχλος · many people
    Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
  46. John 12:18ὄχλος · crowd
    That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
  47. John 12:29ὄχλος · crowd
    The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
  48. John 12:34ὄχλος · crowd
    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
  49. Acts 1:15ὄχλος
    In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,