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

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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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Acts 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
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Acts 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
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Acts 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
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Acts 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
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Acts 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
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Acts 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
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Acts 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
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Acts 19:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
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Acts 19:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
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Acts 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
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Acts 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
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Acts 21:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
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Acts 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
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Acts 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
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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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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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Revelation 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
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Revelation 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
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