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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 1,696 times in 1,508 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 31 (Gen 14:16–Exo 8:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - He brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the other people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people [fn]from every quarter;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - But he spoke to Ephron [fn]so that the people of the land heard, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb;

And two peoples will be separated from your body;

And one people will be stronger than the other;

And the older will serve the younger.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 -

Then Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “[fn]What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - “Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - “You shall be [fn]in charge of my house, and all my people shall [fn]be obedient to you; only regarding the throne will I be greater than you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all the land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 -

Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - As for the people, he relocated them to the cities from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his [fn]descendants shall become [fn]a multitude of nations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 -

“Dan shall judge his people,

As one of the tribes of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about [fn]this present result, to keep many people alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very [fn]mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born, [fn]you are to throw into the Nile, but every daughter, you are to keep alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 -

And the LORD said, “I have certainly seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - And He said, “Assuredly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall [fn]worship God at this mountain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - “I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:16 - “He shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 -

And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go [fn]back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your [fn]power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - “So I said to you, ‘Let My son go so that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30 - and Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. He then performed the signs in the sight of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD [fn]was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 -

And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their [fn]work? Get back to your labors!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Again Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as previously; have them go and gather straw for themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 -

So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not going to give you any straw.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 -

Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - “Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘Then I will take you [fn]as My people, and I will be [fn]your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the labors of the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My armies, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is [fn]stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - “And you shall say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 -

[fn]Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house, and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4 - “So the frogs will come up on you, your people, and on all your servants.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 -

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with the LORD [fn]to remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”


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