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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 175 times in 170 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:25 - Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,[fn] Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:1 - Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:28 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:1 - When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 - When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:8 - When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:23 - When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:25 - After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:33 - And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:15 - Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:23 - All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 - While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:2 - Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:14 - When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:19 - And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:22 - Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:23 - After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:10 - Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:30 - Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:31 - The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:32 - Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:33 - His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:36 - Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:39 - After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:14 - When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:2 - Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:29 - As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:31 - The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:9 - The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna[fn] to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[fn] “Hosanna[fn] in the highest heaven!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:11 - The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:26 - But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46 - They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:33 - When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:1 - Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47 - While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:15 - Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:4 - Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:13 - Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.

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