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Strong's G3793 · Greek

ὄχλος

ochlos · okh'los

from a derivative of 2192 (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὄχλος (G3793)

175 ὄχλος , -ου, ὁ , [in LXX for הָמוֹן (chiefly in Da TH), חַיִל , קָהָל , etc.;] a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng : Mt 9:23 , Mk 2:4 , Lk 5:1 , Jo 5:13 , al.; pl., Mt 5:1 , Mk 10:1 , Lk 3:7 , and freq.; ὄ. ἱκανός , Mk 10:46 , al.; τοσοῦτος , Mt 15:33 ; οὐ μετ’ ὄχλου , Ac 24:18 ; ἄτερ ὄχλου , Lk 22:6 ; πᾶς ὁ ὄ. , Mt 13:2 , Mk 2:13 , al.; ὄ. πολύς ( π. ὄ ), Mt 20:29 , Mk 5:21 , al.; ὁ πολὺς ὄ. ( ὄ. π. ), the populace , the common people , Mk 12:37 (Swete, in l.; Field, Notes , 37), Jo 12:9 (Westc, in l.). (As also cl., opp. to δῆμος , q.v., and cf. Tr., Syn. , § xcviii), the populace , the common people (cf. ὁ πολὺς ὄ. , supr.), Mt 14:5 21:26 , Mk 12:12 , Jo 7:12b ; so with contempt (cl.), Jo 7:49 . In a more general sense, a multitude : c. gen., ὀνομάτων (v.s. ὀ. ), Ac 1:15 ; μαθητῶν , Lk 6:17 , al.

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