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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 23 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:13 - And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:22 - And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13 - And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17 - Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:42 - And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:40 - They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:46 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:10 - But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:12 - And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
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