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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 41 times in 41 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:7 - John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:10 - “What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:1 - One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[fn] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:15 - Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:19 - When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:17 - He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9 - When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11 - Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - After John’s messengers left, 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 Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:19 - Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:40 - Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:42 - because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:45 - “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:11 - but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:16 - Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:18 - Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:37 - The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:38 - A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:14 - Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 - Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[fn] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:13 - Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:54 - He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:17 - When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25 - Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:36 - When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:39 - Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:6 - He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:47 - While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:4 - Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:48 - When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.
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