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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, ((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. 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 142 times in 138 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 3 (Act 28:26–Rev 21:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - saying,

‘GO TO THIS PEOPLE G2992 AND SAY,

[fn]YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, [fn]BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;

AND [fn]YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 -

FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE G2992 HAS BECOME DULL,

AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,

AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES;

LEST THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES,

AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,

AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,

AND I HEAL THEM.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:25 - As He says also in Hosea,

“I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE G2992, ‘MY PEOPLE G2992,’

AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:26 -

“AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, ‘YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE G2992,’

THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:21 -

But as for Israel He says, “ALL DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE G2992.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:1 -

I say then, has God rejected His people G2992? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - [fn]GOD HAS NOT REJECTED HIS PEOPLE G2992 whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:10 -

And again he says,

“REJOICE, O GENTILES, WITH HIS PEOPLE G2992.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:11 -

And again,

“PRAISE THE [fn]LORD ALL YOU GENTILES,

AND LET ALL THE PEOPLES G2992 PRAISE HIM.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:7 -

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “THE PEOPLE G2992 SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:21 - In the Law it is written, “BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE G2992, AND EVEN SO THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME,” says the [fn]Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16 - Or what agreement has a [fn]sanctuary of God with idols? For we are a sanctuary of the living God; just as God said,

“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;

AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE G2992.

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:14 - who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify for Himself a people G2992 for His own possession, zealous for good works.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17 - Therefore, He [fn]had to be made like His brothers in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people G2992.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:9 - So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people G2992 of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - and because of it, he is obligated, just as for the people G2992, to also offer sacrifices for sins in the same way for himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:5 - And those indeed of the sons of Levi, who receive the priest’s office, have a commandment [fn]in the Law to collect [fn]a tenth from the people G2992, that is, from their brothers, although these [fn]are descended from Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:11 -

Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people G2992 received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:27 - who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people G2992, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:10 -

“FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL

AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE [fn]LORD:

[fn]I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS,

AND UPON THEIR HEARTS I WILL WRITE THEM.

AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,

AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE G2992.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:7 - but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the [fn]sins of the people G2992 committed in ignorance.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people G2992 according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people G2992,
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:30 - For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE [fn]LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE G2992.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:25 - choosing rather to be mistreated with the people G2992 of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:12 - Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people G2992 through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 -

But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE G2992 FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:10 - for you once were NOT A PEOPLE G2992, but now you are THE PEOPLE G2992 OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:1 -

But false prophets also arose among the people G2992, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 -

Now I want to remind you, though you know all things, that [fn]Jesus, having once saved a people G2992 out of the land of Egypt, [fn]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they *sang a new song, saying,

“Worthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain and purchased for God with Your blood people from every tribe and tongue and people G2992 and nation.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9 -

After these things I looked, and behold, a great [fn]multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples G2992 and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And they *said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples G2992 and nations and tongues and kings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9 - And those from the peoples G2992 and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead [fn]bodies for three and a half days, and [fn]will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 -

And it was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people G2992 and tongue and nation was given to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 -

Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who [fn]inhabit the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people G2992.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15 -

And he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples G2992 and crowds and nations and tongues.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:4 -

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people G2992, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:3 - And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will [fn]dwell among them, and they shall be His people G2992, and God Himself will be among [fn]them,

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