ὄχλος
multitude
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
71 distinct verses where G3793 appears in the Nominative case, across 6 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 18 verses
- Matthew 4:25 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
- Matthew 7:28 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Matthew 8:1 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
- Matthew 9:8 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- Matthew 9:25 ὄχλος n nom sg masc But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
- Matthew 9:33 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
- Matthew 12:23 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"
- Matthew 13:2 ὄχλοι ὄχλος n nom pl masc n nom sg masc Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
- Matthew 14:13 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
- Matthew 15:30 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
- Matthew 19:2 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
- Matthew 20:29 ὄχλος n nom sg masc As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
- Matthew 20:31 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
- Matthew 21:8 ὄχλος n nom sg masc A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
- Matthew 21:9 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
- Matthew 21:11 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
- Matthew 22:33 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
- Matthew 26:47 ὄχλος n nom sg masc While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
Mark 14 verses
- Mark 2:13 ὄχλος n nom sg masc He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
- Mark 3:20 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
- Mark 3:32 ὄχλος n nom sg masc A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you."
- Mark 4:1 ὄχλος ὄχλος n nom sg masc n nom sg masc Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
- Mark 5:21 ὄχλος n nom sg masc When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
- Mark 5:24 ὄχλος n nom sg masc He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
- Mark 9:15 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.
- Mark 9:25 ὄχλος n nom sg masc When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
- Mark 10:1 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
- Mark 11:18 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 12:37 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.
- Mark 12:41 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
- Mark 14:43 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
- Mark 15:8 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Luke 19 verses
- Luke 3:10 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"
- Luke 4:42 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.
- Luke 5:15 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Luke 5:29 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
- Luke 6:17 ὄχλος n nom sg masc He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
- Luke 6:19 ὄχλος n nom sg masc All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
- Luke 7:11 ὄχλος n nom sg masc It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.
- Luke 7:12 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
- Luke 8:40 ὄχλος n nom sg masc It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
- Luke 8:42 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
- Luke 8:45 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
- Luke 9:11 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
- Luke 9:18 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
- Luke 9:37 ὄχλος n nom sg masc It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.
- Luke 11:14 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
- Luke 13:17 ὄχλος n nom sg masc As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 14:25 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
- Luke 22:47 ὄχλος n nom sg masc While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
- Luke 23:48 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
John 12 verses
- John 6:2 ὄχλος n nom sg masc A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
- John 6:5 ὄχλος n nom sg masc Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"
- John 6:22 ὄχλος n nom sg masc On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
- John 6:24 ὄχλος n nom sg masc When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
- John 7:20 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"
- John 7:49 ὄχλος n nom sg masc But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."
- John 12:9 ὄχλος n nom sg masc A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 12:12 ὄχλος n nom sg masc On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
- John 12:17 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.
- John 12:18 ὄχλος n nom sg masc For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
- John 12:29 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
- John 12:34 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
Acts 6 verses
- Acts 1:15 ὄχλος n nom sg masc In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
- Acts 6:7 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 8:6 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
- Acts 11:24 ὄχλος n nom sg masc For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
- Acts 14:11 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
- Acts 16:22 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
Revelation 2 verses
- Revelation 7:9 ὄχλος n nom sg masc After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- Revelation 17:15 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, οχλος (óchlos) means “multitude.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “people” in the King James Version, “crowd” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 168 verses across 6 books of the Greek New Testament, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Matthew (28%), then Luke and Mark. Ranging over 2 senses, it is not a single-sense word. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3793 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 168
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 168 distinct verses.
- 6 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 6 of 27 New Testament books.
- #92
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 92 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 168 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 168 distinct verses.
- Gospels 142 verses · 85%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 63 verses · 38%
- Johannine 23 verses · 14%
- Revelation 4 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: People 82×, Multitude 57×, Multitudes 19×
- American Standard Version: Multitude 90×, Multitudes 52×, Crowd 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Crowd 97×, Crowds 49×, People 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Crowd 116×, Crowds 55×, A 26×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3793 across 175 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3793 across 181 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3793 across 171 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3793 across 202 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a casual collection of people
- a multitude
Word origin
Derived from εχω (échō) (G2192) — to have.
From a derivative of G2192 (meaning a vehicle ); a throng (as borne along); by implication the rabble ; by extension a class of people; figuratively a riot : - company multitude number (of people) people press.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 8 distinct written forms G3793 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὄχλος óchlos | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 9:25 | 46 |
| ὄχλον óchlon | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 9:23 | 33 |
| ὄχλοι óchloi | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 4:25 | 27 |
| ὄχλου óchlou | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 27:24 | 25 |
| ὄχλους óchlous | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 5:1 | 18 |
| ὄχλῳ óchlō | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 15:35 | 13 |
| ὄχλοις óchlois | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 11:7 | 10 |
| ὄχλων óchlōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Luke 11:29 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3793, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- εξης hexēs G1836 next in order
- εξις héxis G1838 habit
- εσχατος éschatos G2078 last
- ευνουχος eunoûchos G2135 eunuch
- ισχυς ischýs G2479 strength
- οχυρωμα ochýrōma G3794 fortress
- σχεδον schedón G4975 near
- σχημα schēma G4976 appearance
- σχολη scholḗ G4981 leisure
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word οχλος appears 24 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 22 verses in 10 books.
- 24
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 22
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 10 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 10 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Numbers 20:20 ὄχλος
- Joshua 6:13 ὄχλος
- 2 Samuel 15:22 ὄχλος
- 1 Kings 21:13 ὄχλος
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 ὄχλος
- Ezra 3:12 ὄχλος
- Isaiah 43:17 ὄχλος
- Jeremiah 31:42 ὄχλος
- Ezekiel 16:40 ὄχλος
- Daniel 3:4 ὄχλος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3793) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Numbers 20:20 ὄχλος He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
- Joshua 6:13 ὄχλος The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.
- 2 Samuel 15:22 ὄχλος David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.
- 1 Kings 21:13 ὄχλος The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 ὄχλος and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- Ezra 3:12 ὄχλος But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
- Ezra 16:13 ὄχλος
- Isaiah 43:17 ὄχλος who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
- Jeremiah 31:42 ὄχλος
- Jeremiah 38:8 ὄχλος Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
- Jeremiah 39:24 ὄχλος
- Ezekiel 16:40 ὄχλος They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
- Ezekiel 17:17 ὄχλος Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
- Ezekiel 23:24 ὄχλος They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
- Ezekiel 23:46 ὄχλος For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.
- Ezekiel 23:47 ὄχλος The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
- Daniel 3:4 ὄχλος Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
- Daniel 11:8 ὄχλος Also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
- Daniel 11:10 ὄχλος His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:13 ὄχλος The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army and with much substance.
- Daniel 11:25 ὄχλος He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Daniel 11:43 ὄχλος But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3793) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
