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ochlos G3793

ὄχλος (ochlos) means “crowd” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ὄχλος Greek · G3793 173 tagged occurrences in 168 verses

Pronunciation guide: okh'los Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3793

ὄχλος · ochlos · crowd

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

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a crowd, mob, the common people.

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How translators render G3793

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
crowd 84
crowds 48
people 16
a crowd 8
crowd to him 3
multitude 2
the crowd 2
a multitude 1
many people 1
mob 1
multitudes 1
number 1
number of people 1
numbers of people 1
of people 1
the crowds 1
while the crowd 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the people 60
the multitude 36
people 15
multitude 14
multitudes 9
a 8
the multitudes 8
the press 5
the company 4
to the multitude 4
a multitude 3
company 3
of people 2
the 2
to the people 2
unto the people 2
among the multitude 1
number of people 1
of the people 1
the number 1
to the multitudes 1
unto the multitude 1
unto the multitudes 1

Verses containing G3793

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  1. Luke 8:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”

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  2. Luke 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.

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  3. Luke 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

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  4. Luke 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

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  5. Luke 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”

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  6. Luke 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.

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  7. Luke 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.

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  8. Luke 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

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  9. Luke 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

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  10. Luke 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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  11. Luke 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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  12. Luke 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

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  13. Luke 12:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

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  14. Luke 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

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  15. Luke 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

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  16. Luke 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

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  17. Luke 18:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

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  18. Luke 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

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  19. Luke 19:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

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  20. Luke 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.

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  21. Luke 22:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.

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  22. Luke 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

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  23. Luke 23:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.

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  24. John 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

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  25. John 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.

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  26. John 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

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  27. John 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

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  28. John 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

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  29. John 7:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

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  30. John 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

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  31. John 7:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

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  32. John 7:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

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  33. John 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

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  34. John 7:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

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  35. John 7:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

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  36. John 11:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

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  37. John 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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  38. John 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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  39. John 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

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  40. John 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

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  41. John 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

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  42. John 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

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  43. Acts 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,

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  44. Acts 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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  45. Acts 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

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  46. Acts 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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  47. Acts 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

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  48. Acts 13:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

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  49. Acts 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

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  50. Acts 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

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