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laos G2992

λαός (laos) means “a people” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λαός Greek · G2992 141 tagged occurrences in 137 verses

Pronunciation guide: lah-os' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2992

λαός · laos · a people

λαός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently for עַם, Gen.14:16, al.; occasionally for לְאֹם ( Gen.25:23, al.), etc. ;] a word rarely found in Att. prose; 1. the people at large (Hom., al.), esp. of people assembled: Mat.27:25, Luk.1:21 3:15 al.; pl. (Hom., al., π.; see MM, xvi), Act.4:27. 2. a people, those of the same race and language (Pind., Æsch., al.: in LXX, Gen.26:11, Exo.9:16, al.): joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Rev.5:9 7:9 11:9, al.; pl., Luk.2:31, Rom.15:11; esp. as almost always in LXX, of Israel, Mat.4:23, Mrk.7:6, Luk.2:10, Jhn.11:50, Heb.2:17, al.; opposite to τ. ἔθνη, Act.26:17, 23 Rom.15:10; πρεσβύτεροι (πρῶτοι, etc.) τοῦ λ., Mat.21:23, Luk.19:17, Act.4:8, al.; ὁ λ. μου (αὐτοῦ, τ. θεοῦ), Mat.2:6, Luk.1:68, Heb.11:25, al.; of the people disting. from the rulers and priests ( I Est.1:10, Jdth.8:9, al.), Mat.26:5, Luk.20:19, Heb.5:3, al.; of Christians, as the people of God, Act.15:14, Rom.9:25, 26 Heb.4:9; περιούσιος, Tit.2:14; εἰς περιποίησιν, 1Pe.2:9 (LXX). SYN.: see: δῆμος. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.

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How translators render G2992

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
people 119
peoples 6
a people 5
the people 2
crowd 1
his people 1
of people 1
our people 1
people to rebellion 1
people would come 1
the peoples 1
vvv 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the people 70
people 35
of the people 15
unto the people 5
to the people 4
a people 3
peoples 3
of 2
of people 2
to 2
among 1
among the people 1
as the people 1
for the peoples 1
unto 1
ye people 1

Verses containing G2992

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  1. Acts 28:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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  2. Romans 9:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

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  3. Romans 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

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  4. Romans 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

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  5. Romans 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

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  6. Romans 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

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  7. Romans 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

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  8. Romans 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”

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  9. 1 Corinthians 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

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  10. 1 Corinthians 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

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  11. 2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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  12. Titus 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

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  13. Hebrews 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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  14. Hebrews 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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  15. Hebrews 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

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  16. Hebrews 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

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  17. Hebrews 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

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  18. Hebrews 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

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  19. Hebrews 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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  20. Hebrews 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

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  21. Hebrews 9:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

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  22. Hebrews 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

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  23. Hebrews 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

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  24. Hebrews 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

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  25. 1 Peter 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  26. 1 Peter 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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  27. 2 Peter 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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  28. Jude 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

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  29. Revelation 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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  30. Revelation 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

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  31. Revelation 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

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  32. Revelation 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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  33. Revelation 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

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  34. Revelation 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

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  35. Revelation 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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  36. Revelation 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

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  37. Revelation 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

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