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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 1 / 31 (Gen 14:16–Exo 8:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD said to her:

“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than the other,
And the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - “Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - “You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - And as for the people, he moved them into the cities,[fn] from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - “Dan shall judge his people
As one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he charged them and said to them: “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born[fn] you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 - And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - “And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:16 - “So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - “So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30 - And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - “For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - So the LORD said to Moses: “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - “And you shall say to him, ‘The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 - And the LORD spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4 - “And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

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