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plēthos G4128

πλῆθος (plēthos) means “multitude” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πλῆθος Greek · G4128 31 tagged occurrences in 31 verses

Pronunciation guide: play'-thos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4128

πλῆθος · plēthos · multitude

πλῆθος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc. ;] 1. a great number, a multitude; (a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12; (b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4 2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace) : Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π., Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 25:24.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.

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How translators render G4128

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
number 5
crowd 3
a multitude 2
assembly 2
congregation 2
multitude 2
people 2
a crowd 1
a great multitude 1
a great number 1
all 1
and publicly 1
bundle 1
community 1
council 1
crowds 1
great number 1
group 1
large numbers 1
numerous 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the multitude 13
multitude 12
a multitude 2
a 1
a bundle 1
company 1
in multitude 1
multitudes 1

Verses containing G4128

Page 1 of 1. 31 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Mark 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

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  2. Mark 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

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  3. Luke 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.

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  4. Luke 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

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  5. Luke 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

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  6. Luke 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

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  7. Luke 8:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.

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  8. Luke 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

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  9. Luke 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.

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  10. Luke 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

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  11. John 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

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  12. John 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

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  13. Acts 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

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  14. Acts 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

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  15. Acts 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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  16. Acts 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

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  17. Acts 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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  18. Acts 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

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  19. Acts 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

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  20. Acts 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

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  21. Acts 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

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  22. Acts 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.

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  23. Acts 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

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  24. Acts 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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  25. Acts 21:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

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  26. Acts 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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  27. Acts 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

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  28. Acts 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

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  29. Hebrews 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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  30. James 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

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  31. 1 Peter 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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