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 he shall save his people from their sins.Matthew 2:4 · λαοῦAnd when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.Matthew 2:6 · λαόνAnd thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.Matthew 4:16 · λαὸςThe people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Matthew 4:23 · λαῷ.¶And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease 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 at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.Matthew 15:8 · λαὸςThis people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth 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 assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,Matthew 26:5 · λαῷ.¶But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar 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 · λαοῦWhen the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:Matthew 27:25 · λαὸςThen answered all the people, 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 his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.Mark 7:6 · λαὸςHe answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.Mark 14:2 · λαοῦ.¶But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.Luke 1:10 · λαοῦAnd the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.Luke 1:17 · λαὸνAnd he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.Luke 1:21 · λαὸςAnd the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.Luke 1:68 · λαῷBlessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,Luke 1:77 · λαῷTo give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,Luke 2:10 · λαῷAnd the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.Luke 2:31 · λαῶν,Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;Luke 2:32 · λαοῦA light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.Luke 3:15 · λαοῦAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;Luke 3:18 · λαόν.¶And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.Luke 3:21 · λαὸνNow when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,Luke 6:17 · λαοῦAnd he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;Luke 7:1 · λαοῦ,Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.Luke 7:16 · λαὸνAnd there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.Luke 7:29 · λαὸςAnd all the people that heard [him], 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, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had 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 but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat 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 taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,Luke 19:48 · λαὸςAnd could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.Luke 20:1 · λαὸνAnd it came to pass, [that] on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon [him] with the elders,Luke 20:6 · λαὸςBut and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.Luke 20:9 · λαὸνThen began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.Luke 20:19 · λαόν·And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.Luke 20:26 · λαοῦ,And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.Luke 20:45 · λαοῦThen in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,Luke 21:23 · λαῷBut woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.Luke 21:38 · λαὸςAnd all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.Luke 22:2 · λαόν.And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.Luke 22:66 · λαοῦ,And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,Luke 23:5 · λαὸνAnd they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.Luke 23:13 · λαὸνAnd Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,Luke 23:14 · λαόν·Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:Luke 23:27 · λαοῦAnd there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.Luke 23:35 · λαὸςAnd the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.Luke 24:19 · λαοῦ,And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:John 11:50 · λαοῦ,Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.John 18:14 · λαοῦ.¶Now Caiaphas was he, which 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 favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.Acts 3:9 · λαὸςAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:Acts 3:11 · λαὸςAnd as the lame man which was healed 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? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?Acts 3:23 · λαοῦ.And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be 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 grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.Acts 4:8 · λαοῦThen Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,Acts 4:10 · λαῷBe it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.Acts 4:17 · λαόν,But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.Acts 4:21 · λαόν,So when they had further threatened them, they 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 mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?Acts 4:27 · λαοῖςFor of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people 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.And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.Acts 5:20 · λαῷGo, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.Acts 5:25 · λαόν.¶Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.Acts 5:26 · λαὸνThen went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.Acts 5:34 · λαῷ,Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;Acts 5:37 · λαὸνAfter this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.Acts 6:8 · λαῷ.¶And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.Acts 6:12 · λαὸνAnd they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,Acts 7:17 · λαὸςBut when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Acts 7:34 · λαοῦI have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.Acts 10:2 · λαῷ[A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.Acts 10:41 · λαῷ,Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.Acts 10:42 · λαῷAnd he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the Judge of quick and dead.Acts 12:4 · λαῷ.¶And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison, and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.Acts 12:11 · λαοῦAnd when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath 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, [Ye] men [and] brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.Acts 13:17 · λαοῦ · λαὸνThe God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them 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 many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.Acts 15:14 · λαὸνSimeon hath declared how God at the first did visit 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 hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.Acts 19:4 · λαῷThen said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.Acts 21:28 · λαοῦCrying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.Acts 21:30 · λαοῦ,And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.Acts 21:36 · λαοῦFor the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.Acts 21:39 · λαόν.But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.Acts 21:40 · λαῷ,And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue, saying,Acts 23:5 · λαοῦThen said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.Acts 26:17 · λαοῦDelivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,Acts 26:23 · λαῷThat Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.Acts 28:17 · λαῷAnd it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.Acts 28:26 · λαὸνSaying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:Acts 28:27 · λαοῦFor the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.Romans 9:25 · λαόν · λαόνAs he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.Romans 9:26 · λαόςAnd it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.Romans 10:21 · λαὸνBut to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.Romans 11:1 · λαὸνI say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.Romans 11:2 · λαὸνGod hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,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 laud him, all ye people.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, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.2 Corinthians 6:16 · λαός.And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath 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 peculiar people, zealous of good works.Hebrews 2:17 · λαοῦ.Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.Hebrews 4:9 · λαῷThere remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.Hebrews 5:3 · λαοῦAnd by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.Hebrews 7:5 · λαὸνAnd verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:Hebrews 7:11 · λαὸςIf therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?Hebrews 7:27 · λαοῦ·Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, 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 write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:Hebrews 9:7 · λαοῦBut into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:Hebrews 9:19 · λαῷ, · λαὸνFor when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,Hebrews 10:30 · λαὸνFor we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.Hebrews 11:25 · λαῷChoosing rather to suffer affliction 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 with his own blood, suffered without the gate.1 Peter 2:9 · λαὸςBut ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:1 Peter 2:10 · λαός, · λαὸςWhich in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.2 Peter 2:1 · λαῷBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.Jude 1:5 · λαὸνI will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.Revelation 5:9 · λαοῦAnd they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Revelation 7:9 · λαῶνAfter this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;Revelation 10:11 · λαοῖςAnd he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.Revelation 11:9 · λαῶνAnd they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.Revelation 13:7 · λαὸνAnd it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.Revelation 14:6 · λαὸνAnd I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,Revelation 17:15 · λαοὶAnd he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.Revelation 18:4 · λαόςAnd I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.Revelation 21:3 · λαοὶAnd I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.