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 · λαὸνShe will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”Matthew 2:4 · λαοῦAnd when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.Matthew 2:6 · λαόν‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”Matthew 4:16 · λαὸςthe people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”Matthew 4:23 · λαῷ.¶Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.Matthew 13:15 · λαοῦFor 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.’Matthew 15:8 · λαὸς‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.Matthew 21:23 · λαοῦWhen Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”Matthew 26:3 · λαοῦAt that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,Matthew 26:5 · λαῷ.¶“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”Matthew 26:47 · λαοῦ.While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.Matthew 27:1 · λαοῦWhen morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.Matthew 27:25 · λαὸςAll the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”Matthew 27:64 · λαῷ·So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”Mark 7:6 · λαὸςJesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.Mark 14:2 · λαοῦ.¶“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”Luke 1:10 · λαοῦAnd at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.Luke 1:17 · λαὸνAnd he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”Luke 1:21 · λαὸςMeanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.Luke 1:68 · λαῷ“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.Luke 1:77 · λαῷto give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,Luke 2:10 · λαῷBut the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:Luke 2:31 · λαῶν,which You have prepared in the sight of all people,Luke 2:32 · λαοῦa light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”Luke 3:15 · λαοῦThe people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.Luke 3:18 · λαόν.¶With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.Luke 3:21 · λαὸνWhen all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,Luke 6:17 · λαοῦThen 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.Luke 7:1 · λαοῦ,When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.Luke 7:16 · λαὸνA sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”Luke 7:29 · λαὸςAll the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.Luke 8:47 · λαοῦThen the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.Luke 9:13 · λαὸνBut Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”Luke 18:43 · λαὸςImmediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.Luke 19:47 · λαοῦ,Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.Luke 19:48 · λαὸςYet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.Luke 20:1 · λαὸνOne day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.Luke 20:6 · λαὸςBut if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”Luke 20:9 · λαὸνThen He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.Luke 20:19 · λαόν·When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.Luke 20:26 · λαοῦ,And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.Luke 20:45 · λαοῦIn the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,Luke 21:23 · λαῷHow miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Luke 21:38 · λαὸςAnd early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.Luke 22:2 · λαόν.and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.Luke 22:66 · λαοῦ,At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,Luke 23:5 · λαὸνBut they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”Luke 23:13 · λαὸνThen Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,Luke 23:14 · λαόν·and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.Luke 23:27 · λαοῦA great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.Luke 23:35 · λαὸςThe people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”Luke 24:19 · λαοῦ,“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.John 11:50 · λαοῦ,You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”John 18:14 · λαοῦ.¶Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.Acts 2:47 · λαόν.praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Acts 3:9 · λαὸςWhen all the people saw him walking and praising God,Acts 3:11 · λαὸςWhile the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.Acts 3:12 · λαόν·And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?Acts 3:23 · λαοῦ.Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’Acts 4:1 · λαὸνWhile Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,Acts 4:2 · λαὸνgreatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.Acts 4:8 · λαοῦThen Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!Acts 4:10 · λαῷthen let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.Acts 4:17 · λαόν,But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”Acts 4:21 · λαόν,After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.Acts 4:25 · λαοὶYou spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?Acts 4:27 · λαοῖςIn fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Acts 5:12 · λαῷ·The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.Acts 5:13 · λαός.Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.Acts 5:20 · λαῷ“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”Acts 5:25 · λαόν.¶Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”Acts 5:26 · λαὸνAt that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.Acts 5:34 · λαῷ,But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.Acts 5:37 · λαὸνAfter him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.Acts 6:8 · λαῷ.¶Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.Acts 6:12 · λαὸνSo they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,Acts 7:17 · λαὸςAs the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.Acts 7:34 · λαοῦI have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’Acts 10:2 · λαῷHe and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.Acts 10:41 · λαῷ,not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.Acts 10:42 · λαῷAnd He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.Acts 12:4 · λαῷ.¶He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.Acts 12:11 · λαοῦThen Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”Acts 13:15 · λαόν,After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”Acts 13:17 · λαοῦ · λαὸνThe God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.Acts 13:24 · λαῷBefore the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.Acts 13:31 · λαόν.and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.Acts 15:14 · λαὸνSimon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.Acts 18:10 · λαόςFor I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”Acts 19:4 · λαῷPaul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”Acts 21:28 · λαοῦcrying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”Acts 21:30 · λαοῦ,The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.Acts 21:36 · λαοῦFor the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”Acts 21:39 · λαόν.But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”Acts 21:40 · λαῷ,Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:Acts 23:5 · λαοῦ“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”Acts 26:17 · λαοῦI will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themActs 26:23 · λαῷthat the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”Acts 28:17 · λαῷAfter three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.Acts 28:26 · λαὸν‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”Acts 28:27 · λαοῦFor 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.’Romans 9:25 · λαόν · λαόνAs 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,”Romans 9:26 · λαόςand, “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.’”Romans 10:21 · λαὸνBut as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”Romans 11:1 · λαὸνI ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Romans 11:2 · λαὸνGod 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:Romans 15:10 · λαοῦAgain, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”Romans 15:11 · λαοί.And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”1 Corinthians 10:7 · λαὸςDo 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.”1 Corinthians 14:21 · λαῷIt 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.”2 Corinthians 6:16 · λαός.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.”Titus 2:14 · λαὸνHe 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.Hebrews 2:17 · λαοῦ.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.Hebrews 4:9 · λαῷThere remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Hebrews 5:3 · λαοῦThat is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.Hebrews 7:5 · λαὸνNow 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.Hebrews 7:11 · λαὸςNow 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?Hebrews 7:27 · λαοῦ·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.Hebrews 8:10 · λαόν.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.Hebrews 9:7 · λαοῦBut 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.Hebrews 9:19 · λαῷ, · λαὸνFor 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,Hebrews 10:30 · λαὸνFor we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”Hebrews 11:25 · λαῷHe chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.Hebrews 13:12 · λαόν,And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.1 Peter 2:9 · λαὸςBut 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.1 Peter 2:10 · λαός, · λαὸςOnce 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.2 Peter 2:1 · λαῷNow 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.Jude 1:5 · λαὸνAlthough 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.Revelation 5:9 · λαοῦAnd 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.Revelation 7:9 · λαῶνAfter 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.Revelation 10:11 · λαοῖςAnd they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”Revelation 11:9 · λαῶνFor 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.Revelation 13:7 · λαὸνThen 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.Revelation 14:6 · λαὸνThen 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.Revelation 17:15 · λαοὶThen the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.Revelation 18:4 · λαόςThen 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.Revelation 21:3 · λαοὶAnd 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.