ὄχλος
multitude
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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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.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 46 times (27%)
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine 33 times (19%)
- Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 27 times (16%)
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine 25 times (14%)
- Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 18 times (10%)
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine 13 times (8%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine 10 times (6%)
- Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 173 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G3793 appears — 168 distinct verses across 6 books. 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 47 verses
- Matthew 4:25 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
- Matthew 5:1 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to 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 8:18 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
- 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 9:23 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
- 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 9:36 ὄχλους n acc pl masc But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Matthew 11:7 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- Matthew 12:23 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"
- Matthew 12:46 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
- 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 13:34 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
- Matthew 13:36 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."
- Matthew 14:5 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- 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 14:14 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matthew 14:15 ὄχλους n acc pl masc When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
- Matthew 14:19 ὄχλους ὄχλοις n acc pl masc n dat pl masc He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
- Matthew 14:22 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Matthew 14:23 ὄχλους n acc pl masc After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
- Matthew 15:10 ὄχλον n acc sg masc He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
- 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 15:31 ὄχλον n acc sg masc so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 15:32 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
- Matthew 15:33 ὄχλον n acc sg masc The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
- Matthew 15:35 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- Matthew 15:36 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
- Matthew 15:39 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
- Matthew 17:14 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,
- 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 21:26 ὄχλον n acc sg masc But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
- Matthew 21:46 ὄχλους n acc pl masc When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
- Matthew 22:33 ὄχλοι n nom pl masc When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
- Matthew 23:1 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
- 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.
- Matthew 26:55 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
- Matthew 27:15 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
- Matthew 27:20 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
- Matthew 27:24 ὄχλου n gen sg masc So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
Mark 35 verses
- Mark 2:4 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
- 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 3:9 ὄχλον n acc sg masc He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
- 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 4:36 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
- 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 5:27 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
- Mark 5:30 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
- Mark 5:31 ὄχλον n acc sg masc His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
- Mark 6:34 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
- Mark 6:45 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
- Mark 7:14 ὄχλον n acc sg masc He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
- Mark 7:17 ὄχλου n gen sg masc When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
- Mark 7:33 ὄχλου n gen sg masc He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
- Mark 8:1 ὄχλου n gen sg masc In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
- Mark 8:2 ὄχλον n acc sg masc "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
- Mark 8:6 ὄχλῳ ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc n dat sg masc He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
- Mark 8:34 ὄχλον n acc sg masc He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Mark 9:14 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
- 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 9:17 ὄχλου n gen sg masc One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
- 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 10:46 ὄχλου n gen sg masc They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
- 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 12:12 ὄχλον n acc sg masc They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
- 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.
- Mark 15:11 ὄχλον n acc sg masc But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
- Mark 15:15 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
Luke 41 verses
- Luke 3:7 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- 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 5:1 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:3 ὄχλους n acc pl masc He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
- 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 5:19 ὄχλον n acc sg masc Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.
- 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 7:9 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."
- 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 7:24 ὄχλους n acc pl masc When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- Luke 8:4 ὄχλου n gen sg masc When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
- Luke 8:19 ὄχλον n acc sg masc His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
- 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 9:12 ὄχλον n acc sg masc The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."
- Luke 9:16 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.
- 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 9:38 ὄχλου n gen sg masc Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- 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 11:27 ὄχλου n gen sg masc It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
- Luke 11:29 ὄχλων n gen pl masc When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
- Luke 12:1 ὄχλου n gen sg masc Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 12:13 ὄχλου n gen sg masc One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
- Luke 12:54 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
- Luke 13:14 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
- 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 18:36 ὄχλου n gen sg masc Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
- Luke 19:3 ὄχλου n gen sg masc He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.
- Luke 19:39 ὄχλου n gen sg masc Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
- Luke 22:6 ὄχλου n gen sg masc He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
- 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 23:4 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
- 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 19 verses
- John 5:13 ὄχλου n gen sg masc But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
- 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 7:12 ὄχλῳ ὄχλον n dat sg masc n acc sg masc There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."
- John 7:20 ὄχλος n nom sg masc The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"
- John 7:31 ὄχλου n gen sg masc But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
- John 7:32 ὄχλου n gen sg masc The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
- John 7:40 ὄχλου n gen sg masc Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
- John 7:43 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
- John 7:49 ὄχλος n nom sg masc But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."
- John 11:42 ὄχλον n acc sg masc I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
- 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 22 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 11:26 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
- Acts 13:45 ὄχλους n acc pl masc But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
- 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 14:13 ὄχλοις n dat pl masc The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.
- Acts 14:14 ὄχλον n acc sg masc But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
- Acts 14:18 ὄχλους n acc pl masc Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.
- Acts 14:19 ὄχλους n acc pl masc But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- 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.
- Acts 17:8 ὄχλον n acc sg masc The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
- Acts 17:13 ὄχλους n acc pl masc But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
- Acts 19:26 ὄχλον n acc sg masc You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.
- Acts 19:33 ὄχλου n gen sg masc They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
- Acts 19:35 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
- Acts 21:27 ὄχλον n acc sg masc When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
- Acts 21:34 ὄχλῳ n dat sg masc Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
- Acts 21:35 ὄχλου n gen sg masc When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
- Acts 24:12 ὄχλου n gen sg masc In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
- Acts 24:18 ὄχλου n gen sg masc amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
Revelation 4 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.
- Revelation 19:1 ὄχλου n gen sg masc After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- Revelation 19:6 ὄχλου n gen sg masc I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
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.
