Strong's Concordance laos: the people Original Word: λαός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: laos Phonetic Spelling: (lah-os') Short Definition: a people, the crowd Definition: (a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd. HELPS Word-studies 2992 laós (the root of the English term, "laity") – a people, particularly used of "the people of the Lord" (= Heb ʽam). 2992 (laos) is the usual term for "the people of God" and thus typically used in the LXX (OT) and the Gospels, for believing Israel (Jews). Example: Heb 4:9: "So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people (2992 /laós) of God" (NASU). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2992: λαόςλαός, λαοῦ, ὁ ((cf. Curtius, § 535)); the Sept. more than fifteen hundred times for עַם; rarely for גּוי and לְאֹם; (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, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7 (Rec. omits); 2. indefinitely, of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere: Matthew 27:25; Luke 1:21; Luke 3:15; Luke 7:1, 29; Luke 8:47; Luke 9:13; Luke 18:43, etc.; τό πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 1:10. (The Gospels of Mark and John use the word but three times each. Synonym: see δῆμος, at the end) Apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from demos, which denotes one's own populace) -- people. see GREEK demos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2992142 Occurrences λαῷ — 26 Occ. λαῶν — 3 Occ. λαοὶ — 4 Occ. λαοῖς — 2 Occ. λαὸν — 44 Occ. λαὸς — 25 Occ. λαοῦ — 38 Occ. Matthew 1:21 N-AMS GRK: σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ NAS: for He will save His people from their sins. KJV: shall save his people from their INT: will save the people of him from Matthew 2:4 N-GMS Matthew 2:6 N-AMS Matthew 4:16 N-NMS Matthew 4:23 N-DMS Matthew 13:15 N-GMS Matthew 15:8 N-NMS Matthew 21:23 N-GMS Matthew 26:3 N-GMS Matthew 26:5 N-DMS Matthew 26:47 N-GMS Matthew 27:1 N-GMS Matthew 27:25 N-NMS Matthew 27:64 N-DMS Mark 7:6 N-NMS Mark 14:2 N-GMS Luke 1:10 N-GMS Luke 1:17 N-AMS Luke 1:21 N-NMS Luke 1:68 N-DMS Luke 1:77 N-DMS Luke 2:10 N-DMS Luke 2:31 N-GMP Luke 2:32 N-GMS Luke 3:15 N-GMS |
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