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Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

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λαός
Transliteration
laos (Key)
Pronunciation
lah-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:29,499

Trench's Synonyms: xcviii. λαός, ἕθνος, δῆμος, ὄχλος.

Strong’s Definitions

†λαός laós, lah-os'; apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace):—people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's G2992 in the following manner: people (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's G2992 in the following manner: people (143x).

  1. a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language

  2. of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†λαός laós, lah-os'; apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace):—people.
STRONGS G2992:
λαός, λαοῦ, ὁ ((cf. Curtius, § 535)); the Sept. more than fifteen hundred times for עַם; rarely for גּוי and לְאֹם; (from Homer down); people;
1. a people, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language: universally, of any people; joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7 (Rec. omits); Revelation 14:6; 17:15 (see γλῶσσα, 2); πάντες οἱ λαοί. 2:31; Romans 15:11; especially of the people of Israel: Matthew 4:23; Matthew 13:15; Mark 7:6; Luke 2:10; John 11:50 (where it alternates with ἔθνος); John 18:14; Acts 3:23; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 7:11, etc.; with Ἰσραήλ added, Acts 4:10; distinguished from τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Acts 26:17, 23; Romans 15:10; the plural λαοί Ἰσραήλ (R. V. the peoples of Isa.) seems to be used of the tribes of the people (like עַמִּים, Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 32:8; Isaiah 3:13, etc.) in Acts 4:27 (where the plural was apparently occasioned by Psalm 2:1 in its reference to Christ, cf. Acts 4:25); οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ, Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:3, 47; Matthew 27:1; οἱ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, Matthew 2:4; οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 19:47; τό πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 22:66; ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ, Acts 4:8. with a genitive of the possessor, τοῦ Θεοῦ, αὐτοῦ, μου (i. e. τοῦ Θεοῦ, Hebrew יְהוָה עַם, הָאֱלֹהִים עַם), the people whom God has chosen for himself, selected as peculiarly his own: Hebrews 11:25; Matthew 2:6; Luke 1:68; Luke 7:16; without the article Jude 1:5 (Sir. 46:7; Wis. 18:13); cf. Winer's Grammar, § 19, 1; the name is transferred to the community of Christians, as that which by the blessing of Christ has come to take the place of the theocratic people of Israel, Hebrews 4:9; Revelation 18:4; particularly to a church of Christians gathered from among the Gentiles, Acts 15:14; Romans 9:25ff; 1 Peter 2:10; with εἰς περιποίησιν added, 1 Peter 2:9; περιούσιος, Titus 2:14, cf. Acts 18:10; Luke 1:17. ὁ λαός the people (of Israel) is distinguished from its princes and rulers ((1 Esdr. 1:10 1 Esdr. 5:45; Judith 8:9, 11; etc.)), Matthew 26:5; Mark 11:32 (here WH Tr marginal reading read ὄχλος); Mark 14:2; Luke 20:19; Luke 22:2; Luke 23:5; Acts 5:26, etc.; from the priests, Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 7:5, 27.
2. indefinitely, of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere: Matthew 27:25; Luke 1:21; Luke 3:15; Luke 7:1, 29; Luke 8:47; Luke 9:13; Luke 18:43, etc.; τό πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 1:10. (The Gospels of Mark and John use the word but three times each. Synonym: see δῆμος, at the end)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:10
Deuteronomy
32:8
Psalms
2:1
Isaiah
3:13
Matthew
2:4; 2:6; 4:23; 13:15; 21:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:47; 27:1; 27:25
Mark
7:6; 11:32; 14:2
Luke
1:10; 1:17; 1:21; 1:68; 2:10; 3:15; 7:1; 7:16; 7:29; 8:47; 9:13; 18:43; 19:47; 20:19; 22:2; 22:66; 23:5
John
11:50; 18:14
Acts
3:23; 4:8; 4:10; 4:25; 4:27; 5:26; 15:14; 18:10; 26:17; 26:23
Romans
9:25; 15:10; 15:11
Titus
2:14
Hebrews
2:17; 4:9; 5:3; 7:5; 7:11; 7:27; 11:25
1 Peter
2:9; 2:10
Jude
1:5
Revelation
5:9; 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 17:15; 18:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2992 matches the Greek λαός (laos),
which occurs 1,696 times in 1,508 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 31 (Exo 18:10–Exo 32:30)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:10 - Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:13 - The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19 - Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:8 - All the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” When Moses told the words of the people to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 - and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to look and many of them perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:23 - And Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And the LORD said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - So Moses went down to the people and told them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid[fn] and trembled, and they stood far off

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:2 - Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:3 - Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules.[fn] And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 - Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:8 - And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:33 - Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:38 - Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:3 - So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, “O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:14 - And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:21 - And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:25 - And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies),

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 - The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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