Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
λαός (G2992)
142 λαός , -οῦ, ὁ , [in LXX very freq. for עַם , Ge 14:16 , al.; occasionally for לְאֹם ( Ge 25:23 , al.), etc.;] a word rarely found in Att. prose; the people at large (Hom., al.), esp. of people assembled: Mt 27:25 , Lk 1:21 3:15 al.; pl. (Hom., al., π. ; v. MM, xvi), Ac 4:27 . a people , those of the same race and language (Pind., Æsch., al.: in LXX, Ge 26:11 , Ex 9:16 , al.): joined with γλῶσσα , φυλή , ἔθνος , Re 5:9 7:9 11:9 , al.; pl., Lk 2:31 , Ro 15:11 ; esp. as almost always in LXX, of Israel, Mt 4:23 , Mk 7:6 , Lk 2:10 , Jo 11:50 , He 2:17 , al.; opp. to τ. ἔθνη , Ac 26:17 , 23 , Ro 15:10 ; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ( πρῶτοι , etc.) τοῦ λ. , Mt 21:23 , Lk 19:17 , Ac 4:8 , al.; ὁ λ. μου ( αὐτοῦ, τ. θεοῦ ), Mt 2:6 , Lk 1:68 , He 11:25 , al.; of the people disting. from the rulers and priests ( I Es 1:10 , Jth 8:9 , al.), Mt 26:5 , Lk 20:19 , He 5:3 , al.; of Christians, as the people of God, Ac 15:14 , Ro 9:25 , 26 , He 4:9 ; περιούσιος , Tit 2:14 ; εἰς περιποίησιν , I Pe 2:9 (LXX) . SYN. : v.s. δῆμος .
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