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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G2992 — λαός
laos · a people · Greek
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Matthew 1:21 · λαὸνAnd she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.Matthew 2:4 · λαοῦAnd gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.Matthew 2:6 · λαόνAnd thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.Matthew 4:16 · λαὸςThe people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.Matthew 4:23 · λαῷ.¶And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.Matthew 13:15 · λαοῦFor this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.Matthew 15:8 · λαὸςThis people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.Matthew 21:23 · λαοῦAnd when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?Matthew 26:3 · λαοῦThen were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;Matthew 26:5 · λαῷ.¶But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.Matthew 26:47 · λαοῦ.And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.Matthew 27:1 · λαοῦNow when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:Matthew 27:25 · λαὸςAnd all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.Matthew 27:64 · λαῷ·Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.Mark 7:6 · λαὸςAnd he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.Mark 14:2 · λαοῦ.¶for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.Luke 1:10 · λαοῦAnd the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.Luke 1:17 · λαὸνAnd he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.Luke 1:21 · λαὸςAnd the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the temple.Luke 1:68 · λαῷBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,Luke 1:77 · λαῷTo give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,Luke 2:10 · λαῷAnd the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:Luke 2:31 · λαῶν,Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;Luke 2:32 · λαοῦA light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.Luke 3:15 · λαοῦAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;Luke 3:18 · λαόν.¶With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;Luke 3:21 · λαὸνNow it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,Luke 6:17 · λαοῦand he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judæa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;Luke 7:1 · λαοῦ,After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.Luke 7:16 · λαὸνAnd fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.Luke 7:29 · λαὸςAnd all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.Luke 8:47 · λαοῦAnd when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people for what cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.Luke 9:13 · λαὸνBut he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.Luke 18:43 · λαὸςAnd immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.Luke 19:47 · λαοῦ,And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:Luke 19:48 · λαὸςand they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.Luke 20:1 · λαὸνAnd it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;Luke 20:6 · λαὸςBut if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.Luke 20:9 · λαὸνAnd he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.Luke 20:19 · λαόν·And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.Luke 20:26 · λαοῦ,And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.Luke 20:45 · λαοῦAnd in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,Luke 21:23 · λαῷWoe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.Luke 21:38 · λαὸςAnd all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.Luke 22:2 · λαόν.And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.Luke 22:66 · λαοῦ,And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,Luke 23:5 · λαὸνBut they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judæa, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.Luke 23:13 · λαὸνAnd Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,Luke 23:14 · λαόν·and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:Luke 23:27 · λαοῦAnd there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.Luke 23:35 · λαὸςAnd the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.Luke 24:19 · λαοῦ,And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:John 11:50 · λαοῦ,nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.John 18:14 · λαοῦ.¶Now Caiaphas was he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.Acts 2:47 · λαόν.praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.Acts 3:9 · λαὸςAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:Acts 3:11 · λαὸςAnd as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.Acts 3:12 · λαόν·And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?Acts 3:23 · λαοῦ.And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.Acts 4:1 · λαὸνAnd as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,Acts 4:2 · λαὸνbeing sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.Acts 4:8 · λαοῦThen Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,Acts 4:10 · λαῷbe it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.Acts 4:17 · λαόν,But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.Acts 4:21 · λαόν,And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.Acts 4:25 · λαοὶwho by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?Acts 4:27 · λαοῖςfor of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,Acts 5:12 · λαῷ·And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.Acts 5:13 · λαός.But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: howbeit the people magnified them;Acts 5:20 · λαῷGo ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.Acts 5:25 · λαόν.¶And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.Acts 5:26 · λαὸνThen went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.Acts 5:34 · λαῷ,But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.Acts 5:37 · λαὸνAfter this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.Acts 6:8 · λαῷ.¶And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.Acts 6:12 · λαὸνAnd they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,Acts 7:17 · λαὸςBut as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Acts 7:34 · λαοῦI have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.Acts 10:2 · λαῷa devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.Acts 10:41 · λαῷ,not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.Acts 10:42 · λαῷAnd he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.Acts 12:4 · λαῷ.¶And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.Acts 12:11 · λαοῦAnd when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.Acts 13:15 · λαόν,And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.Acts 13:17 · λαοῦ · λαὸνThe God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.Acts 13:24 · λαῷwhen John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.Acts 13:31 · λαόν.and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.Acts 15:14 · λαὸνSymeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.Acts 18:10 · λαόςfor I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.Acts 19:4 · λαῷAnd Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.Acts 21:28 · λαοῦcrying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.Acts 21:30 · λαοῦ,And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.Acts 21:36 · λαοῦfor the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.Acts 21:39 · λαόν.But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.Acts 21:40 · λαῷ,And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying.Acts 23:5 · λαοῦAnd Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.Acts 26:17 · λαοῦdelivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,Acts 26:23 · λαῷhow that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.Acts 28:17 · λαῷAnd it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:Acts 28:26 · λαὸνsaying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:Acts 28:27 · λαοῦFor this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.Romans 9:25 · λαόν · λαόνAs he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.Romans 9:26 · λαόςAnd it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.Romans 10:21 · λαὸνBut as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.Romans 11:1 · λαὸνI say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.Romans 11:2 · λαὸνGod did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:Romans 15:10 · λαοῦAnd again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.Romans 15:11 · λαοί.And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.1 Corinthians 10:7 · λαὸςNeither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.1 Corinthians 14:21 · λαῷIn the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.2 Corinthians 6:16 · λαός.And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Titus 2:14 · λαὸνwho gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.Hebrews 2:17 · λαοῦ.Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.Hebrews 4:9 · λαῷThere remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.Hebrews 5:3 · λαοῦand by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.Hebrews 7:5 · λαὸνAnd they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest’s office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:Hebrews 7:11 · λαὸςNow if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?Hebrews 7:27 · λαοῦ·who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.Hebrews 8:10 · λαόν.For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:Hebrews 9:7 · λαοῦbut into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:Hebrews 9:19 · λαῷ, · λαὸνFor when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,Hebrews 10:30 · λαὸνFor we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.Hebrews 11:25 · λαῷchoosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;Hebrews 13:12 · λαόν,Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.1 Peter 2:9 · λαὸςBut ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:1 Peter 2:10 · λαός, · λαὸςwho in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.2 Peter 2:1 · λαῷBut there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.Jude 1:5 · λαὸνNow I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.Revelation 5:9 · λαοῦAnd they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,Revelation 7:9 · λαῶνAfter these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;Revelation 10:11 · λαοῖςAnd they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.Revelation 11:9 · λαῶνAnd from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.Revelation 13:7 · λαὸνAnd it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.Revelation 14:6 · λαὸνAnd I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;Revelation 17:15 · λαοὶAnd he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.Revelation 18:4 · λαόςAnd I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:Revelation 21:3 · λαοὶAnd I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God: