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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 48 times in 47 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:47 - praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:9 - And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:11 - While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's, astounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - And when Peter saw it he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:23 - And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sad'ducees came upon them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:8 - Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10 - be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:17 - But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:21 - And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:13 - None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:20 - "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - And some one came and told them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a Pharisee in the council named Gama'li-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:8 - And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:12 - And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - "But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:34 - I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:2 - a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms liberally to the people, and prayed constantly to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41 - not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:11 - And Peter came to himself, and said, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:15 - After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:4 - And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - Then all the city was aroused, and the people ran together; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:36 - for the mob of the people followed, crying, "Away with him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cili'cia, a citizen of no mean city; I beg you, let me speak to the people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40 - And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 - And Paul said, "I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles--to whom I send you

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17 - After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - 'Go to this people, and say, You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 - For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.'
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