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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. Acts 6:7ὄχλος · number
    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
  2. Acts 8:6ὄχλοι · crowds
    The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
  3. Acts 11:24ὄχλος · [number of people]
    Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
  4. Acts 11:26ὄχλον · [numbers of people]
    …and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
  5. Acts 13:45ὄχλους · crowds
    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
  6. Acts 14:11ὄχλοι · crowds
    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
  7. Acts 14:13ὄχλοις · crowds
    The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
  8. Acts 14:14ὄχλον · crowd
    But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
  9. Acts 14:18ὄχλους · crowds
    Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
  10. Acts 14:19ὄχλους · crowds
    Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
  11. Acts 16:22ὄχλος · crowd
    The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
  12. Acts 17:8ὄχλον · crowd
    On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
  13. Acts 17:13ὄχλους · crowds
    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
  14. Acts 19:26ὄχλον · of people
    And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
  15. Acts 19:33ὄχλου · crowd
    The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
  16. Acts 19:35ὄχλον · crowd
    Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
  17. Acts 21:27ὄχλον · crowd
    When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
  18. Acts 21:34ὄχλῳ · crowd
    Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
  19. Acts 21:35ὄχλου · mob
    When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
  20. Acts 24:12ὄχλου · a crowd
    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
  21. Acts 24:18ὄχλου · [a] crowd
    At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
  22. Revelation 7:9ὄχλος · a multitude
    After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
  23. Revelation 17:15ὄχλοι · multitudes
    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  24. Revelation 19:1ὄχλου · multitude
    After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
  25. Revelation 19:6ὄχλου · multitude
    And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.