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Lexicon :: Strong's G3793 - ochlos

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ὄχλος
Transliteration
ochlos (Key)
Pronunciation
okh'los
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of ἔχω (G2192) (meaning a vehicle)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:582,750

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

Strong’s Definitions

ὄχλος óchlos, okh'los; from a derivative of G2192 (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot:—company, multitude, number (of people), people, press.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x

The KJV translates Strong's G3793 in the following manner: people (82x), multitude (79x), press (5x), company (7x), number of people (1x), number (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x
The KJV translates Strong's G3793 in the following manner: people (82x), multitude (79x), press (5x), company (7x), number of people (1x), number (1x).

  1. a crowd

    1. a casual collection of people

      1. a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place

      2. a throng

    2. a multitude

      1. the common people, as opposed to the rulers and leading men

      2. with contempt: the ignorant multitude, the populace

    3. a multitude

      1. the multitudes, seems to denote troops of people gathered together without order

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄχλος óchlos, okh'los; from a derivative of G2192 (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot:—company, multitude, number (of people), people, press.
STRONGS G3793:
ὄχλος, ὄχλου, ὁ, in the N. T. only in the historical books and five times in the book of Revelation; as in Greek writings from Pindar and Aeschylus down, a crowd, i. e.
1. a casual collection of people; a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place, a throng: Matthew 9:23, 25; Matthew 15:10, etc.; Mark 2:4; Mark 3:9, and often; Luke 5:1, 19; Luke 7:9, etc.; John 5:13; John 6:22, 24; John 7:20, 32, 49, etc.; Acts 14:14; Acts 17:8; Acts 21:34; τίς ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου, Luke 11:27; Luke 12:13; or ἀπό τοῦ ὄχλου, Luke 19:39; 9:38; ἀπό (for i. e. on account of (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 b.)) τοῦ ὄχλου, Luke 19:3; ἡ βία τοῦ ὄχλου, Acts 21:35; πολύς ὄχλος and much more often ὄχλος πολύς, Matthew 14:14; Matthew 20:29; Matthew 26:47; Mark 5:21, 24; Mark 6:34; Mark 9:14; Mark 14:43 (here T Tr WH omit; L Tr marginal reading brackets πολύς); Luke 7:11; Luke 8:4; Luke 9:37; John 6:2, 5; John 12:12 (but here Tr marginal reading brackets WH prefix ὁ; cf. Buttmann, 91 (80)); Revelation 19:1, 6; with the article ὁ πολύς ὄχλος, the great multitude present, Mark 12:37; (ὁ ὄχλος πολύς (the noun forming with the adjective a single composite term, like our) the common people, John 12:9 T WH Tr marginal reading; cf. Buttmann, as above; some would give the phrase the same sense in Mark, the passage cited); πάμπολυς, Mark 8:1 (Rec.); ἱκανός, Mark 10:46; Luke 7:12; Acts 11:24, 26; Acts 19:26; ὁ... πλεῖστος ὄχλος (the most part of the multitude), Matthew 21:8; πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος, Matthew 13:2; Mark 2:13; Mark 4:1; Mark 7:14 (Rec.); Mark 9:15; 11:18; Luke 13:17; Acts 21:27; ὄχλον τοσοῦτον, Matthew 15:33; αἱ μυριάδες τοῦ ὄχλου Luke 12:1; οὐ μετά ὄχλου, not having a crowd with me, Acts 24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, in the absence of the multitude ((see ἄτερ)), Luke 22:6. plural οἱ ὄχλοι, very often in Matt. and Luke, as Matthew 5:1; Matthew 7:28; Matthew 9:8, 33, 36; Matthew 11:7; Matthew 12:46; Matthew 13:34, 36, etc.; Luke 3:7, 10; Luke 4:42; Luke 5:3; Luke 8:42, 45; Luke 9:11; Luke 11:14, etc.; Acts 8:6; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:11, 13, 18; Acts 17:13; once in John 7:12 (where Tdf. the singular); in Mark only Mark 6:33 Rec.; and without the article Mark 10:1; ὄχλοι πολλοί, Matthew 4:25; Matthew 8:1; Matthew 12:15 (R G); Matthew 13:2; 15:30; 19:2; Luke 5:15; Luke 14:25; πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι, Matthew 12:23.
2. the multitude, i. e. the common people, opposed to the rulers and leading men: Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:26; Mark 12:12; (John 7:12b (provided the plural is retained in the first part of the verse)); with contempt, "the ignorant multitude, the populace, John 7:49; ἐπισύστασις ὄχλου, a riot, a mob, Acts 24:12 (L T Tr WH ἐπίστασιν (which see) ὄχλου).
3. universally, a multitude: with a genitive of the class, as τελωνῶν, Luke 5:29; μαθητῶν, Luke 6:17; ὀνομάτων (see ὄνομα, 3), Acts 1:15; τῶν ἱερέων, Acts 6:7; the plural ὄχλοι, joined with λαοί and ἔθνη, in Revelation 17:15 seems to designate troops of men assembled together without order. (The Sept. chiefly for הָמון.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:25; 5:1; 7:28; 8:1; 9:8; 9:23; 9:25; 9:33; 9:36; 11:7; 12:15; 12:23; 12:46; 13:2; 13:2; 13:34; 13:36; 14:5; 14:14; 15:10; 15:30; 15:33; 19:2; 20:29; 21:8; 21:26; 26:47
Mark
2:4; 2:13; 3:9; 4:1; 5:21; 5:24; 6:33; 6:34; 7:14; 8:1; 9:14; 9:15; 10:1; 10:46; 11:18; 12:12; 12:37; 14:43
Luke
3:7; 3:10; 4:42; 5:1; 5:3; 5:15; 5:19; 5:29; 6:17; 7:9; 7:11; 7:12; 8:4; 8:42; 8:45; 9:11; 9:37; 9:38; 11:14; 11:27; 12:1; 12:13; 13:17; 14:25; 19:3; 19:39; 22:6
John
5:13; 6:2; 6:5; 6:22; 6:24; 7:12; 7:12; 7:20; 7:32; 7:49; 7:49; 12:9; 12:12
Acts
1:15; 6:7; 8:6; 11:24; 11:26; 13:45; 14:11; 14:13; 14:14; 14:18; 17:8; 17:13; 19:26; 21:27; 21:34; 21:35; 24:12; 24:18
Revelation
17:15; 19:1; 19:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3793 matches the Greek ὄχλος (ochlos),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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[fn]At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group G3793 of about 120 [fn]people was there together), and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7 -

The word of God kept spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many G3793 of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:6 - The crowds G3793 were paying attention with one mind to what was being said by Philip, as they heard and saw the [fn]signs which he was performing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24 - for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And [fn]considerable numbers G3793 were added to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they [fn]met with the church and taught [fn]considerable numbers G3793 of G3793 people G3793; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:45 - But when the Jews saw the crowds G3793, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were [fn]blaspheming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:11 - When the crowds G3793 saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was [fn]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds G3793.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14 - But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their [fn]robes and rushed out into the crowd G3793, crying out

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:18 - And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds G3793 from offering sacrifices to them.

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But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds G3793, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - The crowd G3793 joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their [fn]robes off them and proceeded to order [fn]them to be beaten with rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:8 - They stirred up the crowd G3793 and the city authorities who heard these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds G3793.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:26 - “You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of [fn]Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number G3793 of G3793 people G3793, saying that [fn]gods made by hands are not gods at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:33 - Some of the crowd G3793 [fn]concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35

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After quieting the crowd G3793, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great [fn]Artemis and of the image which fell down from [fn]the sky?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:27

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When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from [fn]Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd G3793 and laid hands on him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - But among the crowd G3793, some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the [fn]facts because of the uproar, he ordered that [fn]Paul be brought into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:35 - When Paul got to the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the [fn]mob G3793;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - “And neither in the temple did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing [fn]a riot G3793, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:18 - in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd G3793 or uproar. But there were some Jews from [fn]Asia—
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