Strong's Lexicon
G2992 — λαός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2992 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λαός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 142 |
| Transliteration: | laos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lah-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. a people {(in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace)} |
| KJV Renderings: | people |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λαός, λαοῦ, ὁ ((cf. Curtius, § 535)); the Sept. more than fifteen hundred times for òÇí; rarely for âÌåé and ìÀàÉí; (from Homer down); people;
1. a people, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language: universally, of any people; joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Rev 5:9; Rev 7:9; Rev 10:11; Rev 11:9; Rev 13:7 (Rec. omits); (see γλῶσσα, 2); πάντες οἱ λαοί. 2:31; Rom 15:11; especially of the people of Israel: Mat 4:23; Mat 13:15; Mar 7:6; Luk 2:10; Joh 11:50 (where it alternates with ἔθνος); ; Act 3:23; Heb 2:17; Heb 7:11, etc.; with Ἰσραήλ added, Act 4:10; distinguished from τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Act 26:17; Act 26:23; Rom 15:10; the plural λαοί Ἰσραήλ (R. V. the peoples of Isa.) seems to be used of the tribes of the people (like òÇîÄÌéí, Gen 49:10; Deu 32:8; Isa 3:13, etc.) in Act 4:27 (where the plural was apparently occasioned by Psa 2:1 in its reference to Christ, cf. Act 4:25); οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ, Mat 21:23; Mat 26:3; Mat 26:47; Mat 27:1; οἱ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, Mat 2:4; οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ, Luk 19:47; τό πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λαοῦ, Luk 22:66; ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ, Act 4:8. with a genitive of the possessor, τοῦ Θεοῦ, αὐτοῦ, μου (i. e. τοῦ Θεοῦ, Hebrew éÀäåÈä òÇí, äÈàÁìÉäÄéí òÇí), the people whom God has chosen for himself, selected as peculiarly his own: Heb 11:25; Mat 2:6; Luk 1:68; Luk 7:16; without the article Jud 1:5 (Sir 46:7; Wis 18:13); cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 19, 1; the name is transferred to the community of Christians, as that which by the blessing of Christ has come to take the place of the theocratic people of Israel, Heb 4:9; Rev 18:4; particularly to a church of Christians gathered from among the Gentiles, Act 15:14; Rom 9:25 ff; 1Pe 2:10; with εἰς περιποίησιν added, 1Pe 2:9; περιούσιος, Tit 2:14, cf. Act 18:10; Luk 1:17. ὁ λαός the people (of Israel) is distinguished from its princes and rulers ((1Es 1:10 1Es 5:45; Jdt 8:9; Jdt 8:11; etc.)), Mat 26:5; Mar 11:32 (here WH Tr marginal reading read ὄχλος); Mar 14:2; Luk 20:19; Luk 22:2; Luk 23:5; Act 5:26, etc.; from the priests, Heb 5:3; Heb 7:5; Heb 7:27.
2. indefinitely, of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere: Mat 27:25; Luk 1:21; Luk 3:15; Luk 7:1; Luk 7:29; Luk 8:47; Luk 9:13; Luk 18:43, etc.; τό πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, Luk 1:10. (The Gospels of Mark and John use the word but three times each. Synonym: see δῆμος, at the end)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λαός (people)
Matthew 1:21
- KJV: And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name JESUS for he shall save his people from their sins
- GK: τέξεται δε υίον και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιησούν αυτός γαρ σώσει τον λαόν αυτού από των αμαρτιών αυτών
Matthew 2:4
- KJV: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be born
- GK: και συναγαγών πάντας τούς αρχιερείς και γραμματείς του λαού επυνθάνετο παρ΄ αυτών που ο Χριστός γεννάται
Matthew 2:6
- KJV: And thou Bethlehem 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
- GK: και συ Βηθλεέμ γη Ιούδα ουδαμώς ελαχίστη ει εν τοις ηγεμόσιν Ιούδα εκ σου γαρ εξελεύσεται ηγούμενος όστις ποιμανεί τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ
Matthew 4:16
- KJV: The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up
- GK: ο λαός ο καθήμενος εν σκότει είδε φως μέγα και τοις καθημένοις εν χώρα και σκιά θανάτου φως ανέτειλεν αυτοίς
Matthew 4:23
- KJV: 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
- GK: και περιήγεν όλην την Γαλιλαίαν ο Ιησούς διδάσκων εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών και κηρύσσων το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας και θεραπεύων πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν μαλακίαν εν τω λαώ
Matthew 9:35
- KJV: And Jesus went about all the cities and villages teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people
- GK: και περιήγεν ο Ισηούς τας πόλεις πάσας και τας κώμας διδάσκων εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών και κηρύσσων το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας και θεραπεύων πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν μαλακίαν
Matthew 13:15
- KJV: For this people’s heart is waxed gross and ears are dull of hearing and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with eyes and hear with ears and should understand with heart and should be converted and I should heal them
- GK: επαχύνθη γαρ η καρδία του λαού τούτου και τοις ωσί βαρέως ήκουσαν και τους οφθαλμούς αυτών εκάμμυσαν μήποτε ίδωσι τοις οφθαλμοίς και τοις ωσίν ακούσωσιν και τη καρδία συνώσι και επιστρέψωσι και ιάσομαι αυτούς
Matthew 15:8
- KJV: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoureth me with lips but their heart is far from me
- GK: εγγίζει μοι ο λαός ούτος τω στόματι αυτών και τοις χείλεσί με τιμά η δε καρδία αυτών πόρρω απέχει απ΄ εμού
Matthew 21:23
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και ελθόντι αυτώ εις το ιερόν προσήλθον αυτώ διδάσκοντι οι αρχιερείς και οι πρεσβύτεροι του λαού λέγοντες εν ποία εξουσία ταύτα ποιείς και τις σοι έδωκεν την εξουσίαν ταύτην